Compassion Quotes

2560 Compassion quotes by 1265 unique authors

Torture presupposes, it requires, it craves the abrogation of our capacity to imagine others suffering, dehumanizing them so much that their pain is not our… — Ariel Dorfman
The greatest tragedy of life is that, having paid that awful price of suffering "according to the flesh that his bowels might be filled with… — Truman G. Madsen
Nuremberg taught me that creating a world of tolerance and compassion would be a long and arduous task. And I also learned that if we… — Benjamin B. Ferencz
I want the young people to pay attention because, see, back when I first met Barack, we started dating, he had everything going for him.… — Michelle Obama
Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings… — John Rawls
Shift from judgment to compassion to love. — Thomas Leonard
Once you know yourself as a genuine seeker, and when your own inner chamber is quite enlightened, then comes the natural unfoldment of pure love… — Rod Stryker
There's nothing wrong with the free-enterprise system. But it has to have some compassion. — Jim McDermott
Earth Democracy connects people in circles of care, cooperation, and compassion instead of dividing them through competition and conflict, fear and hatred. — Vandana Shiva
Each of us has a genuine capacity for love, forgiveness, wisdom and compassion. Meditation awakens these qualities so that we can discover for ourselves the… — Sharon Salzberg
When we are devoted to the development of kindness, it becomes our ready response, so that reacting from compassion, from caring, is not a question… — Sharon Salzberg
Everything is unfolding based on causes and conditions. Our happiness or suffering is dependent on how we relate to the present moment. If we cling… — Noah Levine
With mindfulness we have the choice of responding with compassion to the pain of craving, anger, fear and confusion. Without mindfulness we are stuck in… — Noah Levine
We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a… — Joan Halifax
Developing our capacity for compassion makes it possible for us to help others in a more skillful and effective way. — Joan Halifax
Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you it is something that truly enlivens us. — Joan Halifax
It is not for the concept, but for the experience, that we use the term the Beloved. The experience of this enormity we falteringly label… — Stephen Levine
The Devil doesn't make us do anything. The Devil, for example, doesn't make us mean. Rather, when we're mean, we make the Devil. Literally. Our… — Tom Robbins
Who would care to question the ground of forgiveness or compassion. — Joseph Conrad
Compassion, tolerance, forgiveness and a sense of self-discipline are qualities that help us lead our daily lives with a calm mind — Dalai Lama
NVC helps us connect with each other and ourselves in a way that allows our natural compassion to flourish. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Fear of corporal punishment obscures children's awareness of the compassion underlying the parent's demands. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
When people hear needs, it provokes compassion. When people hear diagnoses, it provokes defensiveness and attack. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Power-Over leads to punishment and violence. Power-With leads to compassion and understanding, and to learning motivated by reverence for life rather than fear, guilt, shame,… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
In politics, throwing the taxpayers' money at disasters is supposed to show your compassion. But robbing Peter to pay Paul is not compassion. It is… — Thomas Sowell

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