Compassion Quotes

2560 Compassion quotes by 1265 unique authors

My message is always the same: to cultivate and practice love, kindness, compassion and tolerance. — Dalai Lama
It is not enough simply to wish that love and compassion should increase in us. We need to make a sustained effort, again and again,… — Dalai Lama
I think technology really increased human ability, but technology cannot produce compassion. — Dalai Lama
There is no true joy in a life lived closed up in the little shell of the self. When you take one step to reach… — Daisaku Ikeda
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the other.... The whole purpose of life is to live by love. — Thomas Merton
The perspective of Love doesn't leave anybody out. Until your vision and compassion is big enough to include those who oppose you, you are simply… — Adyashanti
Compassion begets compassion, cruelty begets cruelty. What we give we will ultimately receive. Nonhumans help make us human. They teach us respect, compassion, and unconditional… — Marc Bekoff
The words we use for the Creator are a reflect of ourselves. If we think of God as fear and shame, we are scared and… — Shams Tabrizi
Our work has only begun. In our time we have an historic opportunity to shape a global balance of power that favors freedom and that… — Condoleezza Rice
How much better the world would be if we all gave gifts of understanding, and compassion, of service, and friendship, of kindness and gentleness. — Thomas S. Monson
How many people have more than one bible in your house? If you have more than one Bible in your home, I challenge you to… — Brother Yun
What happened under communism - and increasingly, is happening in America, as Joseph Sobran put it: 'Need' now means wanting someone else's money. 'Greed' means… — John Stossel
Yours is a race whose imagination is limited to its own small appetites. Greed, lust, envy - these are the motivating forces of humankind. What… — David Gemmell
Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion. — Tara Brach
The root of compassion, is compassion for oneself. — Pema Chodron
Compassion for ourselves gives rise to the power to transform resentment into forgiveness, hatred into friendliness, and fear into respect for all beings. — Jack Kornfield
The compassion we feel normally is biased and mixed with attachment. Genuine compassion flows towards all living beings, particularly your enemies. If I try to… — Dalai Lama
A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir - a constant source of energy, determination, and kindness. — Dalai Lama
When we radiate the warmth of our love-energy, our compassion-energy on the planet, we shine the qualities of our Source! — Michael Beckwith
When a caterpillar spins its cocoon, it goes through a transformative process and then emerges as a butterfly. Similarly, when we go through a practice… — Michael Beckwith
People with lower incomes tend to give a greater percentage of their incomes to help others and show greater empathy and compassion - perhaps because… — Kavita Ramdas
Buddhist words such as compassion and emptiness don't mean much until we start cultivating our innate ability simply to be there with pain with an… — Pema Chodron
Take then this Book, look into it, and show me when Jesus was not forgiving. Read this diving tragedy and tell me where He speaks… — Khalil Gibran
Coming into contact with the Mother is coming into contact with a force of passionate and active compassion in every area and dimension of life,… — Andrew Harvey
For the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world. — Gautama Buddha

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