Compassion Quote by Hosea Ballou

Tenderness can be just as abstract as insanity.

— Anonymous

To see helpless infancy stretching out her hands, and pouring out her cries in testimony of dependence, without any powers to alarm jealousy, or…

— Samuel Johnson

After all that corrupt poets, and more corrupt philosophers, have told us of the blandishments of pleasure, and of its tendency to soften the…

— Hannah More

Tenderness is a virtue.

— Oliver Goldsmith

An infinitude of tenderness is the chief gift and inheritance of all truly great men.

— John Ruskin

A stern discipline pervades all nature, which is a little cruel that it may be very kind.

— Herbert Spencer

“Sexual desire does not obey the laws that maintain peace and contentment between partners. Reason, understanding, compassion, and camaraderie are the handmaidens of a…

— Esther Perel

“The application of their rules routinely produces immense amounts of suffering and even threatens to breakdown solid marriages as well.[96]  Their sense of compassion…

— Aaron Milavec

Tenderness is the repose of Passion.

— Anonymous

Tenderness is greater proof of love than the most passionate of vows.

— Marlene Dietrich

“Indeed, the exigencies of female tenderness are such as virtually to guarantee the man's absolution by the woman--not on her terms, but on his.…

— Sandra Lee Bartky

Where are you getting your affection? Who's touching you? Who's holding you? Who makes you feel alive? Who says, "You are a beautiful person,…

— Henri Nouwen