Compassion Quotes

2560 Compassion quotes by 1265 unique authors

When we endure our own tragedies or trials, most of us develop some empathy and compassion for others who are suffering. The trick is to… — William Hudson O'Hanlon
Gymnasts, lazy people, complainers and successful people have all practiced to be what they are good at. So if you keep practicing being lazy, you… — Tsem Tulku
Animals cannot speak, but can you and I not speak for them and represent them? Let us all feel their silent cry of agony and… — Unknown Author
Animals are our younger brothers and sisters, also on the ladder of evolution but a few rungs lower. It is an important part of our… — Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding
The misery we inflict on sentient beings slackens our human evolution. — Annie Besant
No nation is truly free until the animal, man's younger brother is free and happy. — Unknown Author
If we wish for mercy ourselves, we must show mercy to all dumb animals. — Unknown Author
Our enlightened posterity will look back upon us who eat oxen and sheep, just as we look upon cannibals. — William Winwood Reade
Which religion gives the greatest joy to God? That which inspires human beings to practice Ahimsa and compassion to all creatures. — Unknown Author
If there is a fundamental challenge within these stories, it is simply to change our lurking suspicion that some lives matter less than other lives. — Greg Boyle
May I see my own limits with compassion, just as I view the limits of others. — Joan Halifax
What we would like to do is change the world - make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as… — Dorothy Day
Our humanist community should be thinking more about demonstrating the fundamental truth that goodness requires neither God nor the belief in God by organizing together… — Rebecca Goldstein
Every single person has at least one secret that would break your heart. If we could just remember this, I think there would be a… — Frank Warren
Love is the first ingredient in the relief of suffering. — Pio of Pietrelcina
Only in America can you be Pro-Death Penalty, Pro-War, Pro-Unmanned Drone Bombs, Pro-Nuclear Weapons, Pro-Guns, Pro-Torture, Pro-Land Mines, AND still call yourself 'Pro-Life.' — John Fugelsang
Compassion leads to freedom of discovering your voice, your gifts, and your purpose. — Robert V. Taylor
We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we made. — Edward Kennedy
One must love the mirror in the face of truth, only if one loves the outlook of your inner compassion. — Unknown Author
While scholars are comparing and contrasting theories, debating intellectual questions, and dividing humankind into categories, the world is changed by persons with faith, spirit, emotion,… — Grey Owl
One should not hurt others even by words. One must not speak an unpleasant truth unnecessarily. — Sarada Devi
Paradoxical as it may seem, men and women who are free to pursue individualism and material wealth turn out to be the most compassionate of… — Unknown Author
In U.S. politics, 'compassion' means giving money and privileges to well organized interest groups at everyone else's expense. — Paul Craig Roberts
Show me a religion that doesn't care about compassion. Show me a religion that doesn't care about stewardship of the environment. Show me a religion… — Eboo Patel
All fruitfulness flows from intimacy. — Heidi Baker

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