Compassion Quote by Laura Anderson Kurk

“But I understood, now, that we don’t live only for ourselves. We’re connected by millions of shared experiences and dreams and nightmares, all tied…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our…

— Pema Chödrön

“All that is holding us together [is] stories and compassion.”

— Anne Lamott

“Compassion is the magic ingredient to an amazing life.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

“We are always at our best when compassion enables us to recognize the unique pressures and singular stories of the people on the other…

— Desmond Tutu

“Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with…

— Andrew Boyd

“When you feel empathy or compassion for what someone has gone through, those moments of connection remind us we have more in common than…

— Roma Downey

“Life is full of disparate details arbitrarily joined together by dreams, pain and yearning. I do not long for sense, but I call for…

— Juhani Peltonen

“What dooms our best efforts to cultivate empathy and compassion is always, of course, other people.”

— Tim Kreider

“What we can see in most societies is the gravity of suffering, tears of sorrow and nightmares of hopelessness.”

— Nilantha Ilangamuwa

“if you listen with compassion, you will learn where their fears and rigid patterns come from.”

— Louise L. Hay

“I learned that when we can be absolutely present like this, our mind, body and spirit become integrated and we are fully conscious, energised,…

— Pam Billinge