Compassion Quote by Henry Giroux

The measure of civilized behavior is compassion.

— Paul Theroux

Ours is not a culture that respects the sick, the old or the vulnerable. We strive for independence, competence, and mastery. In embracing such…

— Rachel Naomi Remen

In Scotland over many years we have cultivated through our justice system what I hope can be described as a 'culture of compassion.' On…

— Keith O'Brien

As you become more conscious of your cruelty, of your violence, gross and subtle, you start becoming more and more compassionate. Not that you…

— Rajneesh

Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use, and the regular exercise of choosing kindness over cruelty would change us.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers.

— Susan Sontag

True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. Compassion means full immersion in the…

— Henri Nouwen

Compassion is an alternate perception

— Mary Caroline Richards

Culture now spreads at central nervous system speed. It’s a shame that compassion doesn’t.

— Dean Cavanagh

Compassion is contempt with a human face.

— John McCarthy

Welfare is ... the victim of national compassion fatigue.

— Ellen Goodman