Compassion Quotes

Caught in the self-centered dream, only suffering; holding to self-centered thoughts, exactly the dream; each moment, life as it is, the only teacher; being just this moment, compassion's way.

Just having an awareness of God's mercy and compassion for us is a great motivation for us to be merciful and compassionate to other people and to take steps toward encountering God.

To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.

Most women got this thing called compassion. It doesn't make them foolish, just more forgiving. More capable of trying and hoping things worked out.

Every religion emphasizes human improvement, love, respect for others, sharing other people's suffering. On these lines every religion had more or less the same viewpoint and the same goal.

Compassion is something really worthwhile. It is not just a religious or spiritual subject, not a matter of ideology. It is not a luxury, it is a necessity.

We need a little more compassion, and if we cannot have it, then no politician or even a magician can save the planet.

We try to live every moment like that, dwelling peacefully in the present moment, and respond to events with compassion.

In worship an increased power steals its way into the heart sanctuary, an increased compassion grows in the soul. To worship is to change.

The cultivation of compassion is no longer a luxury, but a necessity, if our species is to survive.

It is not sufficient to have compassion only for those who are cute.

The great basis of the Christian faith is compassion; do not dismiss that from your hearts, neither will your Maker.

On some deep cosmic level, we are all one, and within us we each contain the potential for good and for destruction, for compassion and hate, for generosity and greed.

Compassion is not helpless pity, but an awareness and determination that demands action.

When the energy of compassion and love touches us, healing establishes itself.

Worry is an addiction that interferes with compassion.

Compassion is of little value if it just remains an idea. It must motivate how we respond to others and be reflective in all our thoughts and actions

My impulse is to create an aesthetic that's about a humanistic approach to a world and trying to create compassion for all the characters.

Either a princess or a pauper can feel generous. Generosity is the quality of the spirit. When you feel generous your life becomes, abundant full of compassion and love.

I take the greatest lesson from compassion - it takes away all the conceit out of my life.

There's nothing wrong with the free-enterprise system. But it has to have some compassion.

If it is not tempered by compassion, and empathy, reason can lead men and women into a moral void.

Compassion is not feeling sorry for others. It's not soft. It requires an intellectual effort.

Keep compassion close to your chest at all times.

This divine Compassion is spontaneous Delight. In it there is no feeling of separativity, no feeling that one is superior and the other is inferior. No! It is a feeling of oneness.

I have little compassion for people in trailer parks who refuse to move after getting tornado warnings. How hard is it for them to relocate? Their houses have wheels.

He is man whose heart is spirited and eyes are wet each moment on account of the sorrow, compassion, virtue, beauty, and nobility that decorate this world.

We can choose the way of compassion, the way of forgiveness, the way of generosity. Or we can choose other paths and those have very real consequences in the world. This is absolutely crucial.

Compassion can change a lot of things, including the world. Young people especially need to know that, because they're the future.

No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with compassion. The more we love, the more the object of our love seems to us to be a victim.

We should fill the syllabuses of schools with lessons about love and compassion.

I think I've advanced my views with compassion and tolerance.

When love and compassion fills your heart, you find newness in every moment, and life becomes a celebration.

A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir - a constant source of energy, determination, and kindness.

A second quality of mature sirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.

Stop and appreciate what you have today. Look at what you have with wider eyes, maybe with more compassion and more gratitude for the things that you do have and not the things you don’t have.

The high must make the low its base.

Worse than idle is compassion if it ends in tears and sighs.

What would we have to hold in compassion to be at peace right now? What would we have to let go of to be at peace right now?

Simply let experience take place very freely, so that your open heart is suffused with the tenderness of true compassion.

Welfare is ... the victim of national compassion fatigue.

Beneath the sophistication of Buddhist psychology lies the simplicity of compassion. We can touch into this compassion whenever the mind is quiet, whenever we allow the heart to open.

My life is unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life is unkind, but I can vote for kindness.

Even a small act of compassion grants meaning and purpose to our lives.

You can relate to somebody's pain and you have compassion, which can lead to intimacy.

Which religion gives the greatest joy to God? That which inspires human beings to practice Ahimsa and compassion to all creatures.

Not feeling compassion for a stranger is like not feeling when one's foot has caught fire

Compassion is to look beyond your own pain, to see the pain of others.

It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance.

Sharing is Caring - Teaching our children to share is teaching them compassion and love.