Compassion Quotes

2560 Compassion quotes by 1265 unique authors

As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice… — Isaac Bashevis Singer
I don't hold animals superior or even equal to humans. The whole case for behaving decently to animals rests on the fact that we are… — Brigid Brophy
You can't eat beauty, it doesn't sustain you. What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion, for yourself and those around you. That kind of beauty inflamed… — Lupita Nyong'o
As the pain that can be told is but half a pain, so the pity that questions has little healing in its touch. — Edith Wharton
Doubtless a great anguish may do the work of years, and we may come out from that baptism of fire with a soul full of… — George Eliot
These fellow-mortals, every one, must be accepted as they are: you can neither straighten their noses, nor brighten their wit, nor rectify their dispositions; and… — George Eliot
He spoke wistfully of a sudden leaving, a breaking of old ties, a flight into a strange world, ending in this dreary valley, and Ettie… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Strange indeed is human nature. Here were these men, to whom murder was familiar, who again and again had struck down the father of the… — Arthur Conan Doyle
And could I look upon her without compassion, seeing her punishment in the ruin she was, in her profound unfitness for this earth on which… — Charles Dickens
When people hear needs, it provokes compassion. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Real compassion means to understand what the needs for body, mind and soul are. — Radhanath Swami
Preacher is an instrument of compassion, not an instrument of wrath. — Radhanath Swami
We must be instruments of God's compassion to those who are suffering. — Radhanath Swami
Compassion is an essential element of love. — Radhanath Swami
Compassion without detachment is attachment to the bodily platform. — Radhanath Swami
Compassion is a quality which impels one to perform sacrifices. — Radhanath Swami
Lord's love manifests in this world as compasssion. — Radhanath Swami
Compassion brings fulfillment to the heart. Selfish desires simply agitate the heart. — Radhanath Swami
Compassion for the mother is extremely important, but is never served through destroying the innocent. — Randy Alcorn
I do not believe the promises of the Declaration of Independence are just for the strong, the independent, the healthy. They are for everyone-including unborn… — George W. Bush

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