Compassion Quotes

I believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Jamey Rodemeyer's life changed mine.

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?

Compassion is not a popular virtue.

My Lords temporal, today is the day to rise up against the regiment of Lords spiritual and proclaim the values of enlightenment, compassion and common sense.

I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion.

Because of the media, the way the world is perceived is as a place where resources and time are running out. We're taught that you have to grab what you can before it's gone. It's almost as if there isn't time for compassion.

I don't think, there's no possible way for me, anyway, to play a character that I haven't found some sort of sublime compassion for and I related to Deborah on a way that almost, initially, almost in a way maybe someone in the audience might.

Righteous is the one who was able to demonstrate compassion in face of human suffering.

Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.

It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.

I look at the Samurai because they were the artists of their time. What I think struck me when I read Bushido is compassion. 'If there's no one there to help, go out and find someone to help.' That hit me, because I try to lead my life like that.

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.

Yoga is about compassion and generosity towards others. It means being mindful of the world around us.

We can choose between the future and the past, between reason and ignorance, between true compassion and mere ideology.

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

Honesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, but honesty with compassion.

I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.

Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.

Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.

I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time.

Ask yourself if these Democrats still speak for you. When they say we have a duty to grow government even when we can't afford it, does it sound like compassion to you - or recklessness?

Since its inception, our Nation has stood on the foundations of compassion and justice.

I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I've never been so miserable in my whole life. I just wanted to go to bed and never get up.

I am so proud of Michigan's citizens for the kindness and generosity they have shown in assisting in this endeavor. It is truly heartwarming to see the compassion shown for those in need.

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.

However, without considering this connection, there is no doubt but that more good than evil, more delight than sorrow, arises from compassion itself; there being so many things which balance the sorrow of it.

The harshness and choice of words can cut deeply. Republicans need to show compassion and to be reasonable when talking to any ethnic group.

When there's that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier.

My dad's a beautiful man, but like a lot of Mexican men, or men in general, a lot of men have a problem with the balance of masculinity and femininity - intuition and compassion and tenderness - and get overboard with the macho thing. It took him a while to become more, I would say, conscious, evolved.