Compassion Quotes

2560 Compassion quotes by 1265 unique authors

The god of compassion is NOT the god of justice. — Dennis Prager
On a small scale, person-to-person, Jesus encountered the kinds of suffering common to all of us. And how did he respond? Avoiding philosophical theories and… — Philip Yancey
Through watering the ground of affectionate love with cherishing love, And then sowing the seeds of wishing love and compassion, the medicinal tree of Bodhichitta… — Je Tsongkhapa
Precision is, after all, not only a form of responsibility and a kind of pleasure, but an instrument of compassion. To be precise requires care,… — Marilyn Chandler McEntyre
Nine Years Under is a sparkling debut--- brimming with love and bursting with life. Booker's Baltimore is equal parts The Wire and The Cosby show.… — Tayari Jones
This is a jury of your peers. They watch the same TV movies. They belong to Oprah’s Book Club. You can take any monster, slap… — Jeremy Robert Johnson
We do not increase compassion by expanding it to cover anything. Instead, we kill a good word by making it mean too much, and nothing. — Marvin Olasky
Minerva save us from the cloying syrup of coercive compassion! — Camille Paglia
Humanity is not without answers or solutions regarding how to liberate itself from scenarios that invariably end with mass exterminations. Tools such as compassion, trust,… — Aberjhani
We were sent into the world alive with beauty. As soon as we choose Beauty, unseen forces conspire to guide and encourage us towards unexpected… — John O'Donohue
Survival is for the human animal; fear the motivation. For the spiritual being survival is irrelevant. Curiosity, compassion and creativity are the name of the… — Peter Shepherd
He is man whose heart is spirited and eyes are wet each moment on account of the sorrow, compassion, virtue, beauty, and nobility that decorate… — Kedar Joshi
The monument of a great man is not of granite or marble or bronze. It consists of his goodness, his deeds, his love and his… — Alfred Armand Montapert
It would not do for the consumer to know that the hamburger she is eating came from a steer who spent much of his life… — Leonard Sweet
Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The Holy Spirit, out of compassion for our weakness, comes to us even when we are impure. And if He finds our intellect truly praying… — Evagrius Ponticus
Jesus conveyed the impression of complete love, compassion, kindness, and infinite patience. — Mary C. Neal
When someone is full of Love and Compassion, he cannot draw a line between two countries, two faiths or two religions. — Mata Amritanandamayi
Without compassion, true gratitude is an impossibility. If we are to feel gratitude towards another for their deeds, then we must have compassion for the… — Derek R. Audette
Gratitude free of compassion is selfishness. It is nothing more than being happy for what has been done to benefit you. — Derek R. Audette
Overconsumption is a "cancer eating away at our spiritual vitals." It cuts the heart right out of our compassion. It distances us from the great… — Richard J. Foster
Training in compassion is a mental activity. but our mind should also be brought to the level where every action we take is influenced by… — Gelek Rimpoche
One is that you legislate according to natural selection, the other is that you don't. You have compassion, you try and help people. It's a… — Bill Nighy
Mankind is not a tribe of animals to which we owe compassion. Mankind is a club to which we owe our subscription. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A bodhisattva is someone who has compassion within himself or herself and who is able to make another person smile or help someone suffer less.… — Nhat Hanh

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