Compassion Quotes

2560 Compassion quotes by 1265 unique authors

The media have just buried the last yuppie, a pathetic creature who had not heard the news that the great pendulum of public consciousness has… — Barbara Ehrenreich
Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more… — Betty Williams
I truly believe that compassion provides the basis of human survival. — Dalai Lama
It is lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then there is no obstacle to… — Dalai Lama
I believe that at every level of society the key to a happier world is the growth of compassion. We do not need to become… — Dalai Lama
I have observed that religious practice is not a precondition either of ethical conduct or of happiness itself. I have also suggested that, whether a… — Dalai Lama
I really feel that some people neglect and overlook compassion because they associate it with religion. Of course, everyone is free to choose whether they… — Dalai Lama
It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance. — Dalai Lama
Compassion automatically brings happiness and calmness. Then, even if you receive disturbing news, it will be easier to take, as your mind is still. — Dalai Lama
World economies are always so tenuous and we are subject to so many losses in life, but a compassionate attitude is something we can always… — Dalai Lama
Lincoln's appeal to 'the better angels of our nature' failed to avert a fratricidal war. But the compassionate wisdom of Lincoln's first and second inaugurals… — Felix Frankfurter
I cry for those not yet dead. — Frank Herbert
Compassion for the friend should conceal itself under a hard shell. — Friedrich Nietzsche
It ill becomes us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings of God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will not practice elementary compassion… — Mahatma Gandhi
Want compassion is not to be numbered among the general faults of mankind. The black ingredient which fouls our disposition is envy. Hence our eyes,… — Henry Fielding
Christian soldiers armed with virtue- hearts afire with blind obsession, cannot see the difference 'twixt compassion and oppression — Lucretia Mott
No-one knows what the soul is. But what we do know is, the soul is where God works compassion — Meister Eckhart
Compassionate action involves working with ourselves as much as working with others. — Pema Chodron
What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the… — Robert Kennedy
A single God - touch From God's Compassion - Height Can transform man's unimaginable And countless weaknesses Into God's own infinite,Immortal and omnipotent Power. — Sri Chinmoy
God's Compassion - Eye gives us Not only one Chance But countless chances To change our wrong directions — Sri Chinmoy
To love our enemy is impossible. The moment we understand our enemy, we feel compassion towards him/her, and he/she is no longer our enemy. — Nhat Hanh
Compassion is a mind that removes the suffering that is present in the other. — Nhat Hanh
If you are motivated by loving kindness and compassion, there are many ways to bring happiness to others right now, starting with kind speech. — Nhat Hanh
But if we have the energy of compassion and loving kindness in us, the people around us will be influenced by our way of being… — Nhat Hanh

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