Compassion Quotes

2560 Compassion quotes by 1265 unique authors

In your heart must well that sympathy which soothes away all pains from the hearts of others. — Paramahansa Yogananda
If I were God, I'd work on the reach of empathy. — Frans de Waal
To the good I would be good; to the not-good I would also be good, in order to make them good. — Laozi
...there is something wrong with any spirituality that does not inspire selfless concern for others — Karen Armstrong
Do not live with a vocation that is harmful to humans and nature. Do not invest in companies that deprive others of their chance to… — Nhat Hanh
You can't do anything with anybody's body to make it dirty to me. Six people, eight people, one person - you can do only one… — Lenny Bruce
In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see. — Elie Wiesel
He was a worshiper of liberty, a friend of the oppressed. A thousand times I have heard him quote these words: 'For Justice all place… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Recent breakthroughs in science show we have just the capacities we need to face our planet's challenges. We're "soft-wired" for cooperation, empathy, fairness, along with… — Frances Moore LappÃ©
I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred, but offer myself humbly as a guardian of nature, as a healer of misery, as… — Diane Ackerman
When we talk about compassion we talk in terms of being kind. But compassion is not so much being kind; it is being creative [enough]… — Chogyam Trungpa
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the… — Audrey Hepburn
Not feeling compassion for a stranger is like not feeling when one's foot has caught fire — Confucius
What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment & death itself in vindication of his own liberty,… — Thomas Jefferson
There are certain things that our age needs, and certain things that it should avoid. It needs compassion and a wish that mankind should be… — Bertrand Russell
How anyone can profess to find animal life interesting and yet take delight in reducing the wonder of any animal to a bloody mass of… — Joseph Wood Krutch
Lack of understanding of the true nature of happiness, it seems to me, is the principal reason why people inflict sufferings on others. They think… — Dalai Lama
Every religion emphasizes human improvement, love, respect for others, sharing other people's suffering. On these lines every religion had more or less the same viewpoint… — Dalai Lama
A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success. — Otto von Bismarck
I have decided to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. And the beautiful thing is… — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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