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Compassion Quotes by Gautama Buddha
- Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.
- Like a mother who protects her child, her only child, with her own life, one should cultivate a heart of unlimited love and compassion towards…
- All beings wish for happiness, so extend your compassion to all.
- Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.
- Fill your mind with compassion.
- The eating of meat extinguishes the seed of great compassion.
- For innumerable reasons, Mahamati, the Bodhisattva, whose nature is compassion, is not to eat any meat.
- For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahamati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating flesh.
- A generous heart, kind speech, & a life of service & compassion are the things which renew humanity.
- In compassion lies the world's true strength.
- When a man has pity on all living creatures then only is he noble.
- Look upon him who shows you your faults as a revealer of treasure: seek his company who checks and chides you, the sage who is…
- Be a lamp unto yourselves! Work out your liberation with diligence! Fill your mind with compassion!
- Pity arises when we are sorry for someone.Compassion is when we understand and help wisely.
- Kindnessis giving others happiness.Compassionis removing others' bitterness.Joyis freeing others from suffering.
- Perfect wisdom, Perfect tranquility,Perfect compassion,arise fromOur love,Our sincerity.Our understanding.
- In the end it is nothing other than the loving kindness with which the woman cares for her child that makes the difference. Her concern…
- Rage is a powerful energy that with diligent practice can be transformed into fierce compassion. However much we disagree with our enemies, our task is…
- Imagine that every person in the world is enlightened but you. They are all your teachers, each doing just the right things to help you…
- For the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world.
- As you travel though life, offer good wishes to each being you meet.
More Compassion Quotes
- 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… — 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… — 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… — Francis of Assisi
- Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a… — Sri Aurobindo
- My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much… — 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,… — Gary Bauer
- One thing everyone seems to agree on is that Republicans face a perceived compassion deficit. — Gary Bauer