Available Quote by Richard Rohr

The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the…

— Norman Cousins

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

— Aristotle

The greatness of a man is measured by the way he treats the little man. Compassion for the weak is a sign of greatness

— Myles Munroe

Those caught in the cycle of self-concern suffer helplessly, while the compassionate are more free and, implicitly, more happy.

— Robert Thurman

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

To embrace suffering culminates in greater empathy, the capacity to feel what it is like for the other to suffer, which is the ground…

— Stephen Batchelor

Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is…

— Anonymous

Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound…

— George Eliot

Two great virtues . . . give a man power with the heavens - integrity and purity of character. Let a man possess these,…

— Wilford Woodruff

“Thus compassionate behavior builds the sense of self.”

— Steven Stosny

If indeed the qualities such as love, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness are what happiness consists in, and if it is also true that compassion,…

— Dalai Lama

“The ability to be self-compassionate is closely linked to the ability to be compassionate toward others.”

— Carmel Sheridan