Compassion Quotes

2560 Compassion quotes by 1265 unique authors

Although the big word on the left is 'compassion,' the big agenda on the left is dependency. — Thomas Sowell
How can you expect a man who's warm to understand one who's cold? — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. — Baruch Spinoza
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your… — Charles Spurgeon
For most people, using the Internet broadens their sense of who 'we' is and actually ends up leaving us in a place of greater compassion… — Alex Steffen
A hungry man is not a free man. — Adlai E. Stevenson
I understand what it's like to go to hospitals and there's no medicine, and the best thing you have to give the patients is compassion. — Sharon Stone
The American Way is an amalgam of our compassion, our strengths, our failings and our attempts to build a better world, a more perfect union. — J. Michael Straczynski
For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless… — J. Michael Straczynski
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy. — Meryl Streep
Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference. — Meryl Streep
If you love God, you can't hate anything or anyone. If the love one offers is met with hate, it doesn't die, rather it manifests… — Radhanath Swami
Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical. There are pockets of extremism in Israel, in the U.S. and in the Muslim world. But we… — Al-Waleed bin Talal
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. — Mother Teresa
Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy. — Chogyam Trungpa
I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full… — Desmond Tutu
God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness,… — Desmond Tutu
We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths. — Desmond Tutu
I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I've never been so miserable… — Shania Twain
Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience. — Evelyn Underhill
I happen to agree with many of the liberal emphasis on compassion, justice and equality. I just disagree that it's the government's role to provide… — Rick Warren
The church must always show compassion, always. — Rick Warren
Pets have more love and compassion in them than most humans. — Robert Wagner
At the end of the day, love and compassion will win. — Terry Waite
The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white,… — Alice Walker

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