Compassion Quotes

2560 Compassion quotes by 1265 unique authors

The pain of the world will sear and break our hearts because we can no longer keep them closed. We've seen too much now. To… — Ram Dass
The fruit of solitude is increased sensitivity and compassion for others. There comes a new freedom to be with people. There is new attentiveness to… — Richard J. Foster
It is my belief that in our mad world where there is so much pain, rivalry, hatred, violence, inequality, and oppression, it is people who… — Jean Vanier
What a liberating thing to realize that our problems are probably our richest sources for rising to the ultimate virtue of compassion. — Krista Tippett
Soul grows in communion. Word by word, story by story, for better or worse, we build our world. From true conversation - speaking and listening… — Sam Keen
A love for humanity came over me, and watered and fertilised the fields of my inner world which had been lying fallow, and this love… — Georg Brandes
Our leaders are cruel because only those willing to be inordinately cruel and remorseless can hold positions of leadership in the foreign policy establishment. People… — William Blum
I have seen faith rise 'mountain high' when the truth of God's present love and compassion begins to dawn upon the minds and hearts of… — F. F. Bosworth
As the mother of six, Karen Santorum knows the power of stories to shape and mold the nature of our children. In Everyday Graces, Karen… — Janet Parshall
It is a decision that compassion is more important than fear, than fitting in, than following the crowd. — Glennon Melton
But the healing place is within you. Healing is a gift you were granted at birth, just as you were granted others. Use your gifts,… — Charlene Costanzo
Compassion will no longer be seen as a spiritual luxury for a contemplative few; rather it will be viewed as a social necessity for the… — Duane Elgin
Compassion and pity are not the same: pity is looking down on someone, feeling sorry for them and offering nothing; compassion is seeing their pain… — Jasinda Wilder
We need to take action to develop compassion, to create inner peace within ourselves and to share that inner peace with our family and friends.… — Dalai Lama
It is compassion, then, that is the best protection; it is also, as the great masters of the past have always known, the source of… — Sogyal Rinpoche
Education is the way to achieve far-reaching results, it is the proper way to promote compassion and tolerance in society. — Dalai Lama
We are...capable of using our compassion and our intelligence, our technology and our wealth, to make an abundant and meaningful life for every inhabitant of… — Carl Sagan
Life is too short to carry the burden of a heavy heart. It does not serve you or anyone else. Free yourself through the power… — David Simon
Compassion practice is daring. It involves learning to relax and allowing ourselves to move gently toward what scares us. — Pema Chodron
Spirituality is allowing compassion and love to flourish. When belongness begins, corruption ends. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
There is no denying that consideration of others is worthwhile and that our happiness is inextricably bound up with the happiness of others. There is… — Dalai Lama
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. — Pema Chodron
Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear. — Joan Halifax
Loving-kindness and compassion are the basis for wise, powerful, sometimes gentle, and sometimes fierce actions that can really make a difference - in our own… — Sharon Salzberg
Hate has no place in the house of God. No one should be excluded from our love, our compassion or our concern because of race… — Desmond Tutu

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