Compassion Quote by Frederick Lenz

Compassion is not feeling sorry for others. It's not soft. It requires an intellectual effort.

— Karen Armstrong

Compassion doesn't, of course, mean feeling sorry for people, or pity, which is how the word has become emasculated in a way.

— Karen Armstrong

Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that prevents us…

— Tara Brach

I don't think of compassion as sympathy but rather as empathy. An understanding of how people are feeling, which often translates into action.

— Hazel Hawke

Compassion is an alternate perception

— Mary Caroline Richards

Compassion is the intention to see each human being as no better or worse than yourself, neither more nor less important, and as fundamentally…

— Timothy Miller

It's hard to pull apart empathy from compassion. What is really clear is that we innately care for other people at least to some…

— Paul Bloom

Self-compassion is key because when we're able to be gentle with ourselves in the midst of shame, we're more likely to reach out, connect,…

— Brené Brown

Compassion is the awareness of a deep bond between yourself and all creatures.

— Eckhart Tolle

Compassion makes you feel sadness. Sympathy only makes you feel pity.

— Anonymous

Compassion is the feeling of shared suffering. When you feel someone else's suffering, there is the birth of understanding.

— Deepak Chopra

“Compassion, empathy, and humility can only arise out of recognizing that our common desires are differently expressed.”

— Robert A. Burton