Compassion Quotes

2560 Compassion quotes by 1265 unique authors

Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion on… — Teresa of Avila
Jurors want courtroom lawyers to have some compassion and be nice. — Johnnie Cochran
I believe that much of the secret of soul-winning lies in having bowels of compassion, in having spirits that can be touched with the feeling… — Charles Spurgeon
Grant that I have enough suffering that my heart really opens to the great compassion of this world, that I be given enough so that… — Jack Kornfield
The ends do not justify the means. If our actions will bring harm to others, even in the service of some 'good,' they are almost… — Jack Kornfield
Righteous is the one who was able to demonstrate compassion in face of human suffering. — Aleksander Kwasniewski
I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion then it will start a chain reaction of… — Rachel Scott
Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul. — Eric Hoffer
What are you going to do? Are you going to keep looking backwards, full of anger, resentment and unfulfilled desire. Or are you going to… — Leonard Jacobson
Put anger aside. It is not a solution. Patience and love is a solution. With compassion and action, together we can end slavery. — Somaly Mam
Online we have a compassion deficit — Monica Lewinsky
Somewhere within all of us is a wordless center, a part of us that hopes to be immortal in some way, a part that has… — Richard Schmid
In a situation of potential conflict, let compassion guide you. — Sharon Salzberg
Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us. — Sharon Salzberg
By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home. — Sharon Salzberg
As we practice meditation we are bringing forth ease, presence, compassion, wisdom & trust. — Sharon Salzberg
Compassion may be defined as the capacity to be attentive to the experience of others, to wish the best for others, and to sense what… — Joan Halifax
As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance. I was brought up not only to develop the spirit of tolerance… — U Thant
If women understand by emancipation the adoption of the masculine role then we are lost indeed. If women can supply no counterbalance to the blindness… — Germaine Greer
Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion. — Suzan-Lori Parks
Let us not use bombs and guns to overcome the world. Let us use love and compassion. Peace begins with a smile. — Mother Teresa
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all. — Mencius
He who abstains from anything animate ... will be much more careful not to injure those of his own species. For he who loves the… — Porphyry
I had rather, if cruelty has been prevented by the four prints [The Four Stages of Cruelty], be maker of them than of the [Raphael]… — William Hogarth
For there are deeds which have no form, sufferings which have no tongue. — Percy Bysshe Shelley

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