Compassion Quotes

2560 Compassion quotes by 1265 unique authors

If you ask anyone, what is morality based on? These are the two factors that always come out: One is reciprocity, … a sense of… — Frans de Waal
I hope I would leave a legacy of joy -a legacy of real compassion, — Rich Mullins
It's not about your greatness as an architect, but your compassion — Samuel Mockbee
Our Heavenly Father and our Savior, Jesus Christ, know us and love us. They know when we are in pain or suffering in any way.… — Linda S. Reeves
Unless you have suffered and wept, you really don't understand what compassion is, nor can you give comfort to someone who is suffering. If you… — Takashi Nagai
There are still people who insist that we have to preach on repentance. Well, I disagree! I think we should do it God’s way –… — Joseph Prince
Meditate, meditate, meditate. Then you will find that people suffer for no reason when there is the mine of bliss in everyone’s heart. Then your… — Swami Brahmananda
We all, I think, believe in compassion. If you look at all the world religions, all the main world religions, you'll find within them some… — Jackie Tabick
The Celebrity Charity Industrial Complex Makes a Mockery of Compassion — Dean Cavanagh
I was raised Jewish, my wife was raised Catholic. Though we respect each other's heritage, and while many of our friends are deeply religious, we… — Steven Levitan
God, Who is by nature good and dispassionate, loves all men equally as His handiwork. But He glorifies the virtuous man because in his will… — Maximus the Confessor
Compassion is the spontaneous wisdom of the heart. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
People are complicated creatures. On the one hand, capable of great acts of charity, and on the other, capable of the most underhanded forms of… — Mary Alice
It's not always that easy to distinguish the good guys from the bad guys. Sinners can surprise you. And the same is true for saints.Why… — Mary Alice
Every person whose heart is moved by love and compassion, who deeply and sincerely acts for the benefit of others without concern for fame, profit,… — Bokar Rinpoche
The true bodhisattva spirit grows out of this personal sense of freedom. You discover that you don't feel so needy anymore. You don't crave another… — Tsoknyi Rinpoche
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… — Laozi
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… — Laozi
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… — Laozi
I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to. — Laozi
Other people have more than they need, I alone seem wanting. — Laozi
Only I am clumsy, like drifting on the waves of the sea, without direction. — Laozi
Other people are occupied, I alone am unwilling, like the outcast. — Laozi
Knowing the bright, but clinging to the dark, you become a model to the world. — Laozi
Knowing honor, but clinging to disgrace, you become the valley of the world. — Laozi

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