Compassion Quote by Dalai Lama

Compassion should be unbiased and based on the recognition that others have the right to happiness, just like you.

— Dalai Lama

The compassion we feel normally is biased and mixed with attachment. Genuine compassion flows towards all living beings, particularly your enemies. If I try…

— Dalai Lama

“Rather, genuine compassion is based on the rationale that all human beings have an innate desire to be happy and overcome suffering, just like…

— Dalai Lama

When a person is in a miserable situation, then, yes, it is difficult to develop genuine compassion toward others. That's why I find it…

— Dalai Lama

I would like to explain the meaning of compassion, which is often misunderstood. Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections and expectations,…

— Dalai Lama

The worst thing is to feel that as a photographer I am benefiting from someone else's tragedy. This idea haunts me. It's something I…

— James Nachtwey

Nothing beats having a genuine compassion for human souls. If there is one thing I know, it's that people want to be acknowledged; they…

— Sasha Azevedo

We need to employ a secular approach to ethics, secular in the Indian sense of respecting all religious traditions and even the views of…

— Dalai Lama

“genuine compassion makes people feel good, but it doesn’t tolerate total despair or hopelessness, let alone complicity.”

— Erik Valeur

You don't need a religious background to strive for something good, for genuine compassion and love for others.

— Miriam Toews

Most unhappy people need to learn just one lesson: how to see themselves through the lens of genuine compassion, and treat themselves accordingly.

— Martha Beck

“Once we are able to combine a feeling of empathy for others with a profound understanding of the suffering they experience, we become able…

— His Holiness the Dalai Lama