Compassionate Quotes

518 Compassionate quotes by 372 unique authors

I wanted her to see that the only life worth living is a life full of love; that loss is always part of the equation;… — Pam Houston
Maybe if everyone walked around being in touch with each other's hidden pain it could work out and even be beautiful, but it doesn't feel… — Michelle Tea
We must begin our practice by walking the narrow path of simplicity, the hinayana path, before we can walk upon the open highway of compassionate… — Chogyam Trungpa
A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you. — Dalai Lama
I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible,… — Leo Rosten
If you don't believe in God, it may help to remember this great line of Geneen Roth's: that awareness is learning to keep yourself company.… — Anne Lamott
Be compassionate," Morrie whispered. And take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much better a place."… — Mitch Albom
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I love Canada...It is a great country much too cold for good sense, inhabited by compassionate, intelligent people with bad hairdos. — Yann Martel
This was my voice, but perfectly wise, calm and compassionate. This was what my voice would sound like if Iâ€™d only ever experienced love and… — Elizabeth Gilbert
A revolution is coming â€“ a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are… — John F. Kennedy
If you have only education and knowledge and a lack of the other side, then you may not be a happy person, but a person… — Dalai Lama
Wounding and healing are not opposites. They're part of the same thing. It is our wounds that enable us to be compassionate with the wounds… — Rachel Naomi Remen
When we are being compassionate, we consider another's circumstance with love rather than judgement... To be compassionate is to move into the right here, right… — Jill Bolte Taylor
One of the basic points is kindness. With kindness, with love and compassion, with his feeling that is the essence of brotherhood, sisterhood, one will… — Dalai Lama
It is not enough to be compassionate, we must act. — Dalai Lama
At that moment of realization (that union with God is always present), that's when God let me go, let me slide through His fingers with… — Elizabeth Gilbert
NEVER GIVE UP No matter what is going on Never give up Develop the heart Too much energy in your country Is spent developing the… — Dalai Lama
I want neither a terrorist spirituality that keeps me in a perpetual state of fright about being in right relationship with my heavenly Father nor… — Brennan Manning
Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner disposition to go with others to… — Henri Nouwen

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