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Compassion Quotes by Laozi
- To the good I would be good; to the not-good I would also be good, in order to make them good.
- Weapons are the tools of violence;all decent men detest them.Weapons are the tools of fear;a decent man will avoid themexcept in the direst necessityand, if…
- Those who have compassion when they do battle will be victorious. Those who likewise defend themselves will be safe. Heaven will rescue and protect them…
- Supreme good is like water. Water greatly benefits all things, without conflict. It flows through places that people loathe. Thereby it is close to the…
- Other people are joyous, like on the feast of the ox, like on the way up to the terrace in the spring. I alone am…
- I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
- Other people have more than they need, I alone seem wanting.
- Only I am clumsy, like drifting on the waves of the sea, without direction.
- Other people are occupied, I alone am unwilling, like the outcast.
- Knowing the bright, but clinging to the dark, you become a model to the world.
- Knowing honor, but clinging to disgrace, you become the valley of the world.
- The high must make the low its base.
- The highest virtue seems as low as a valley.
- If the sage wants to stand above people, he must speak to them from below. If he wants to lead people, he must follow them…
- The highest benevolence acts without purpose.
- The sage has no concern for himself, but makes the concerns of others his own.
- People turn their eyes and ears to him (the sage), and the sage cares for them like his own children.
- See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world.
- Return animosity with virtue.
- I have three treasures that I cherish. The first is compassion. The second is moderation. The third is not claiming to be first in the…
- By compassion one can be brave.
- The sage honors his part of the settlement, but does not exact his due from others.
- To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths.
- Without the tao, Kindness and compassion are replaced by law and justice; Faith and trust are supplanted by ritual and ceremony.
- The Master views the parts with compassion, because he understands the whole. His constant practice is humility. He doesn't glitter like a jewel but lets…
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