Compassion Quotes

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Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day. — Karen Armstrong
Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of… — Karen Armstrong
If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life. — Karen Armstrong
Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion is the key,… — Karen Armstrong
Compassion is the key in Islam and Buddhism and Judaism and Christianity. They are profoundly similar. — Karen Armstrong
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal… — Francis of Assisi
Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea… — Sri Aurobindo
My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much so, that he… — Teresa of Avila
People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money. — Michele Bachmann
Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. — James M. Barrie
If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of life. Instead, they should tell… — Gary Bauer
One thing everyone seems to agree on is that Republicans face a perceived compassion deficit. — Gary Bauer
One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion. — Simone de Beauvoir
Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation. — Henry Ward Beecher
Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore… — John Berger
Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war. — Otto von Bismarck
Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief? — William Blake
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. — Aesop
This music business can suck all the love out of you, all the compassion for people - you can start to think you're better than… — Mary J. Blige
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding. — Erma Bombeck

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