Altruism Quote by Huston Smith

Compassion, along with love, is the face of altruism.

— Dalai Lama

When we are being compassionate, we consider another's circumstance with love rather than judgement... To be compassionate is to move into the right here,…

— Jill Bolte Taylor

True compassion is not just an emotional response, but a firm commitment founded on reason. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude toward others does not…

— Dalai Lama

Compassion for the other comes out of our ability to accept ourselves. Until we realize both our own weaknesses and our own privileges, we…

— Joan D. Chittister

We are compassionate with ourselves when we are able to embrace all parts of ourselves and recognize the needs and values expressed by each…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do.

— Rachel Naomi Remen

To become wholly compassionate requires us to open our eyes and hearts, to behold the pain and exploitation our culture obscures, to arouse deadened…

— Joanne Stepaniak

If we want to be compassionate we must be conscious of the words we use. We must both speak and listen from the heart.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how…

— Nelson Mandela

Being compassionate is an inborn characteristic. Humans are supposed to be born with compassion. But, evidently, in most cases, they are born selfish and…

— Chandrababu VS

“Being compassionate can be an exciting exercise of embracing life if you let it be.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

This idea of compassion comes to us because we're made in the image of God, who is ultimately the compassionate one.

— Jackie Tabick