Associates Quote by Dalai Lama

Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion is the…

— Karen Armstrong

Religions don't own compassion; it is a human virtue.

— Karen Armstrong

Some people consider the practice of love and compassion is only related to religious practice and if they are not interested in religion they…

— Dalai Lama

“The non-believer should still be able to understand the principle and benefit of compassion and human affection. These are basic to the human experience.…

— Darren Littlejohn

Compassion is something really worthwhile. It is not just a religious or spiritual subject, not a matter of ideology. It is not a luxury,…

— Dalai Lama

Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test…

— Karen Armstrong

I think of compassion as the fundamental religious experience and, unless that is there, you have nothing.

— Joseph Campbell

Here in America, religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. They've lost the Axial Age vision of concern for everybody.

— Karen Armstrong

Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it…

— Dalai Lama

Religion has nothing to do with compassion; it is our love for God that is the main thing because we have all been created…

— Mother Teresa

It seems that for some people the idea of compassion entails a complete disregard for or even a sacrifice of their own interests. This…

— Dalai Lama

Sometimes people feel disappointed when they hear about practicing compassion: "You mean I have to be nice?" It's kind of a letdown. We often…

— Sakyong Mipham