Compassion Quotes

2560 Compassion quotes by 1265 unique authors

My life is unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life is unkind, but I can vote for kindness. — Vachel Lindsay
We can choose between the future and the past, between reason and ignorance, between true compassion and mere ideology. — Ron Reagan
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend. — Saadi
The act of compassion begins with full attention, just as rapport does. You have to really see the person. If you see the person, then… — Daniel Goleman
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, there can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The more you care, the stronger you can be. — Jim Rohn
What does Reverence for Life say abut the relations between [humanity] and the animal world? Whenever I injury any kind of life I must be… — Albert Schweitzer
As people alive today, we must consider future generations: a clean environment is a human right like any other. It is therefore part of our… — Dalai Lama
To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle. — Dalai Lama
A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise man´s wisdom even if he associates with a… — Dalai Lama
Why was this heart of mine formed with so much sensibility! Or why not my fortune adapted to its impulses! Tenderness without a capacity of… — Oliver Goldsmith
I'm a big believer in growth. Life is not about achievement, it's about learning and growth, and developing qualities like compassion, patience, perseverance, love, and… — Jack Canfield
I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife. But the problems… — Nelson Mandela
Compassion is not a dirty word.. it's time we rehabilitated compassion into the national political vocabulary of this great nation of ours. — Kevin Rudd
You are not just the drop in the ocean. You are the mighty ocean in the drop. — Unknown Author
A divine dance appears in the soul and the body at the time of peace and union.Anyone can learn the dance, just listen to the… — Unknown Author
There is a life in you, search that life, search the secret jewel in the mountain of your body. — Unknown Author
We cannot steal the fire. We must enter it. — Unknown Author
Life is a manifestation of unity. — Said Nursi
People need to be fed, medicated, educated, clothed, and sheltered, and if we're compassionate we'll help them, but you get no moral credit for forcing… — Penn Jillette
The well taught philosophic mind To all compassion gives; Casts round the world an equal eye, And feels for all that lives. — Anna Letitia Barbauld
Woman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion. — Honore de Balzac
Pain and sorrow and misery have a right to our assistance: compassion puts us in mind of the debt, and that we owe it to… — Joseph Butler
If we live in our oneness-heart, we will feel the essence of all religions which is the love of God. Forgiveness, compassion, tolerance, brotherhood and… — Sri Chinmoy
No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with compassion. The more we love,… — Boris Pasternak

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