Compassion Quotes

2560 Compassion quotes by 1265 unique authors

True compassion sees each person as a brother or sister and acts accordingly. — Dillon Burroughs
Viktor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor and the author of Man's Search for Meaning, wrote that human beings create meaning in three ways: thought their work,… — Eric Greitens
Compassion for myself is the most powerful healer of them all. — Theodore Isaac Rubin
Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's… — Unknown Author
Rather than converting people from one organised religion to another organised religion, we should try to convert people from misery to happiness, from bondage to… — S. N. Goenka
Patti Callahan Henry seamlessly combines mystery, family love, and personal journey all in one engrossing tale. From the intriguing beginning to the touching ending, The… — Diane Chamberlain
Compassion can change a lot of things, including the world. Young people especially need to know that, because they're the future. — Aloe Blacc
In fantasy stories we learn to understand the differences of others, we learn compassion for those things we cannot fathom, we learn the importance of… — Jane Yolen
As we live our human lives, let us be like the water. Let us be conscious of the flow. Let us not forget the great… — Tom Barrett
Be a shining role model of the best qualities humane eating embodies: caring, compassion, and empathy. — Michael Greger
The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion. — Socrates
I have been a vegetarian for about 10 years. And it really was due to the reading that I did. And they explain so that… — Linda Blair
If experiments on animals were abandoned on grounds of compassion, mankind would have made a fundamental advance. — Richard Wagner
Once we experience and feel this inter-dependence of all living beings,we will cease to hurt, humiliate, exploit and kill another. We will want to free… — Unknown Author
If a culture treats a particular illness with compassion and enlightened understanding, then sickness can be seen as a challenge, as a healing crisis and… — Ken Wilber
Peace, however, is not merely a gift to be received: it is also a task to be undertaken. In order to be true peacemakers, we… — Pope Benedict XVI
The first beneficiary of compassion is always oneself. When compassion, or warmheartedness, arises in us and our focus shifts away from our own narrow self-interest,… — Dalai Lama
Spread compassion all around you. Look around you - people are so unhappy, don't add to their unhappiness. Your compassion will lessen their unhappiness; just… — Rajneesh
You are all adding to each other's unhappiness; you are all helping each other to be more unhappy. Every single man has many people behind… — Rajneesh
The fruit does not come from the outside, the fruit is created within you. Whatever you do, you develop receptivity for it inside yourself. Someone… — Rajneesh
The most important thing that I know about living is love. Nothing surpasses the benefits received by a human being who makes compassion and love… — Sargent Shriver
What is love? It is not simply compassion, not simply kindness. In compassion there are two: the one who suffers and the one who feels… — Nikos Kazantzakis
To possess both wisdom and compassion is the heart of our human revolution. If you have wisdom alone and lack compassion, it will be a… — Daisaku Ikeda
As we increasingly become aware of the One Life breathing in each brother form of life, we learn the meaning of compassion, which literally means… — Christmas Humphreys
If you're tired and pooped out all the time, do you have love and compassion in your heart for your fellow man? You don't even… — Jack LaLanne

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