Altruism Quote by Karen Armstrong

Compassion is an act of tolerance where kindness and forgiveness reign. When we make the compassionate choice, we enhance the dignity of each individual,…

— Leo Buscaglia

“Compassion can be defined, therefore, as an attitude of principled, consistent altruism. The”

— Karen Armstrong

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, along with love, is the face of altruism.

— Dalai Lama

Compassion is ethical intelligence: it is the capacity to make connections and the consequent urge to act to relieve the suffering of others.

— Will Tuttle

In its sentimental mode, compassion is an exercise in moral indignation, in feeling good rather than doing good ... In its unsentimental mode, compassion…

— Gertrude Himmelfarb

Compassion may be defined as the capacity to be attentive to the experience of others, to wish the best for others, and to sense…

— Joan Halifax

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

Compassion is the spontaneous wisdom of the heart. It's always with us. It always has been, and always will be. When it arises in…

— Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Compassion arises naturally as the quivering of the heart in the face of pain, ours and another's. True compassion is not limited by the…

— Jack Kornfield

Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its self-concern to embrace the whole of the universal self.

— Arnold Toynbee

Compassion allows us to bear witness to suffering, whether it is in ourselves or others, without fear; it allows us to name injustice without…

— Sharon Salzberg