Compassion Quotes

2560 Compassion quotes by 1265 unique authors

Most people have come to prefer certain of lifes experiences and deny and reject others, unaware of the value of the hidden things that may… — Rachel Naomi Remen
The chemist who can extract from his heart's elements compassion, respect, longing, patience, regret, surprise, and forgiveness and compound them into one can create that… — Khalil Gibran
Compassion is not a popular virtue — Karen Armstrong
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… — Laozi
Worse than idle is compassion if it ends in tears and sighs. — William Wordsworth
The problem with capitalism is that it best rewards the worst part of us: the ruthless, competitive, conniving, opportunistic, acquisitive drives, giving little reward and… — Michael Parenti
I should have no compassion on these witches; I should burn them all. — Martin Luther
This dying forces you to look into yourself. And in this, compassion is the only way. Love is the only way. — Sogyal Rinpoche
Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food — Joseph Butler
A woman should always challenge our respect, and never move our compassion. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Charity means love towards the neighbor and compassion, for anyone who loves his neighbor as himself also has as much compassion for him in his… — Emanuel Swedenborg
Be a good human being, a warm-hearted affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. Having a sense of caring, a feeling of compassion will bring… — Dalai Lama
Compassion is an alternate perception — Mary Caroline Richards
Though we are many, each of us is achingly alone, piercingly alone. Only when we confess our confusion can we remember that he was a… — Maya Angelou
Let us subdue the ravages of the baser-self, and aspire to the higher calling of exalting joy through compassion, for that is the one true… — Bryant H. McGill
No matter what circumstances you sisters experience, your influence can be marvelously far-reaching. I believe some of you have a tendency to underestimate your profound… — James E. Faust
Christmas means 'giving,' and the gift without the giver is bare. Give of yourselves; give of your substance; give of your heart and mind. "Christmas… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Though we cannot understand "the meaning of all things," we do "know that God loveth his children" because He has said, "Behold, this is my… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Because Jesus Christ suffered greatly, He understands our suffering. He understands our grief. We experience hard things so that we too may have increased compassion… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
We need strong Christians who can persevere against hardship, who can sustain hope through tragedy, who can lift others by their example and their compassion,… — D. Todd Christofferson

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