Compassion Quotes
The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.
I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail...because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.
Don't judge without having heard both sides. Even persons who think themselves virtuous very easily forget this elementary rule of prudence.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
You can't do anything with anybody's body to make it dirty to me. Six people, eight people, one person - you can do only one thing to make it dirty: kill it. Hiroshima was dirty.
Accustomed long to contemplating love and compassion I have forgotten all difference between myself and others
Compassion makes no distinction between friends and enemies, neighbors and outsiders, compatriots and foreigners. Compassion is the gate to human community.
It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.
Compassion is not sympathy. Compassion is mercy. It is a commitment to take responsibility for the suffering of others.
Now is the time to understand That all your ideas of right and wrong Were just a child's training wheelsTo be laid aside When you finally live With veracity And love.
A man, who can, in cold blood, hunt and torture a poor, innocent animal, cannot feel much compassion for the distress of his own species.
Wherever love and compassion are active in life, we can perceive the magic breath of the spirit blowing through the sense world.
Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts.
It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.
If you stand, worship, and love God in the midst of lack and difficulty, you will never lose
My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt.
Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.
I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which a man structurally does not have, does not have it because he cannot have it. He's just incapable of it.
Compassion should be our animating principle when undertaking instruction with children and adults, since they are made in God's image.
A bodhisattva is someone who has compassion within himself or herself and who is able to make another person smile or help someone suffer less. Every one of us is capable of this.
The Minnesota spirit of compassion and help for people in need has moved countless Minnesotans to step forward to provide relief for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.
Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.
The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well being of others.
The highest religion is to rise to universal brother hood; aye to consider all creatures your equals.
The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it sends an inspiring message to others about the importance of organ donation.
The wisdom and compassion a woman can intuitively experience in childbirth can make her a source of healing and understanding for other women.
True compassion means not only feeling another's pain but also being moved to help relieve it.
I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.
The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.
When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.
The sickness of a family member, friend or neighbor is a call to Christians to demonstrate true compassion, that gentle and persevering sharing in another's pain.
Compassion is the ability to understand how difficult it is for people to be the best of what they want to be at all times.
Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.
It is lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then there is no obstacle to opening our hearts and minds to others.
Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives.
It's time for greatness - not for greed. It's a time for idealism - not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action.
Happiness is a skill, emotional balance is a skill, compassion and altruism are skills, and like any skill they need to be developed. That's what education is about.
