Compassion Quotes

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.

Well, I think when we can turn to the person sitting next to us and really see them with kindness and see ourselves reflected back - when there's some dignity and compassion traveling back and forth.

Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him.

We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.

Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food.

We have to bring the humanity and compassion back.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

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.

Our highly qualified teachers not only work hard, but they care about each and every student that enters their classroom. I thank you, Montana teachers, for your sense of duty and compassion to our precious future generation.

The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested.

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 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 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.