Compassion Quotes

What is hard work? It takes strength, energy, and stress to truly care about others enough to place oneself last, but it is easy to wrap oneself up and selfishly scramble on the heads of others.

The Gelaming regarded themselves as a force for good, and in many ways they were, but they were also inexorable and their compassion could often feel like oppression.

The greater ignorance towards a country is not ignoring what its politicians have to say, it is ignoring what the inmates in its prisons have to say.

We yearn for there to be meaning to our lives, balanced with a sense of inner peace & joy.

Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.

The more we genuinely care about others the greater our own happiness & inner peace.

The law has no compassion. And justice is administered without compassion.

But compassion isn't about solutions. It's about giving all the love that you've got.

It is highly significant and indeed almost a rule, that moral courage has its source in such identification through one's own sensitivity with suffering of one's fellow human beings." (p. 16-17)

All pursuits are pointless and fruitless unless and until love and compassion are found and then are the foundation and destination of all you do

Let the world feel your compassion: Help save kidnapped Yazidi females!

If you have the chance to be exposed to a loving, understanding environment where the seed of compassion, loving kindness, can be watered every day, then you become a more loving person.

Yoga teaches us that we can have whatever we may want in life if we are willing to provide it for others first.

True compassion sees each person as a brother or sister and acts accordingly.

Outrage is easy, cheap, and oversold. The nation needs less anger and more thoughtful reflection, less shouting and more listening, less dissembling and more honesty.

True kindness ennobles the giver

Treat people like people. Beware of pity and patronization because in them, you can't see when you're unashamedly looking down on someone.

Let us subdue the ravages of the baser-self, and aspire to the higher calling of exalting joy through compassion, for that is the one true purpose of humanity.

The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.

I'm fascinated how often and with what whole-heartedness people will risk their lives to perform acts of courage, sacrifice, and compassion for total strangers.

I'm very interested in compassion - compassion for oneself and others. I write about very complicated characters and experiences and try to do it without judging the character or the action.

Harden our hearts. To the innocents in the womb and we have hardened our hearts. To the need for compassion and mercy and. Fellow feeling. And charity. And decency in this world.

The female biologically [has] more potential to show affection and compassion.

The students [of the 60's] substituted conspicuous compassion for their parents' conspicuous consumption.

For me, Christmas is about family, loving, forgiveness, compassion, understanding and comradery.

Americans in general have a lot of compassion, we just don't always have the same view of how that compassion is implemented.

Unbounded courage and compassion join'd, Tempering each other in the victor's mind, Alternately proclaim him good and great, And make the hero and the man complete.

Some of the greatest minds on earth also have a great capacity to remember. Many would prefer to forget their memories of mankind.

Once you encourage the thought of compassion in your mind, once it becomes active, then your attitude towards others changes automatically.

I may be crazy but I'd never smash someone's ankles in because I loved them so much. Compassion runs deep in my blood.

I don't think human affection and compassion are just religious concerns; they're indispensable factors in our day-to-day lives.

Don't become a Buddhist. The world doesn't need Buddhist. Do practice Compassion. The world needs more compassion.

Journalists love to show their compassion.

As flower blooms in spring, compassion grows in mindfulness.

When we are motivated by compassion and wisdom, the results of our actions benefit everyone, not just our individual selves.

True patience is grounded in wisdom and compassion.

The essence of all religions is love, compassion, and tolerance. Kindness is my true religion. The clear proof of a person's love of God is if that person genuinely shows love to fellow human beings.

Light of compassion and the light of wisdom that arises from our deepest and truest nature surpasses all other lights.

Life is all about choices. Today, show compassion for others, think powerful thoughts, and exercise self control.

We cannot ignore our pain and feel compassion for it at the same time.

It's hard to practice compassion when we're struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance.

Everything I do as a mother builds on a foundation of love and compassion.

Some things have eternal value, and compassion is one of them. I hope we never lose that. Compassion for humans as well as animals.

What she felt was a lighthearted sort of compassion, almost like laughter. A swish of tender hilarity, getting the better of all her sores and hollows, for the time given.

All life deserves respect, dignity, and compassion. All life.

Folklore and mythology, as well as man's catastrophic disregard for nature, are the meat of Joseph D'Lacey's horror. But the prime cuts are always compassion and surprise.

The life of Jesus suggests that to be like Abba is to show compassion.

It is important to me to instill in [kids] a sense of compassion and respect for others.

Certain beliefs must accompany every action: One should act without selfishness, cultivate compassion for all living things, and develop respect for others.

Inside all people there is love, also the need to take care of the other man who is his brother. Inside everyone is a savage, but there is also happening tenderness and compassion.