Quotes about Compassion

Quotes about Compassion: Action

~ People who come to your aid in a time of personal crisis are people of genuine compassion and courage.
Daisaku Ikeda (born 1928) Japanese philosopher, Buddhist leader, author, poet, educator, pacifist

~ It is not for me to change you. The question is, how can I be of service to you without diminishing your degrees of freedom?
Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) U.S. architect, author, designer, futurist, inventor, visionary

~ If we have the energy of compassion and loving kindness in us, the people around us will be influenced by our way of being and living.
Thich Nhat Hanh (born 1926) Vietnamese Buddhist monk, poet, scholar

~ Courage and compassion are two sides of the same coin. Compassion without courage is not genuine. You may have a compassionate thought or impulse, but if you don't do or say anything, it's not real compassion.
Daisaku Ikeda (born 1928) Japanese philosopher, Buddhist leader, author, poet, educator, pacifist

Quotes about Compassion: Attitude

~ Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) U.S. Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, abolitionist

~ It is man’s sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) Alsatian German-French physician, humanitarian, missionary, organist, philosopher

~ Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.
Billy Graham (born 1918) U.S. Baptist evangelist

~ Compassion is not a dirty word. It's time we rehabilitated compassion into the national political vocabulary of this great nation of ours.
Kevin Rudd (born 1957) 26th Prime Minister of Australia

~ Is suffering really necessary? Yes and no. If you had not suffered as you have, there would be no depth to you, no humility, no compassion.
Eckhart Tolle (born 1948) German spirituality speaker, teacher, author

~ One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me...
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) French chemist, microbiologist

~ Compassion automatically brings happiness and calmness. Then, even if you receive disturbing news, it will be easier to take, as your mind is still.
Dalai Lama (born 1935) Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader

~ The man who has become a thinking being feels a compulsion to give every will-to-live the same reverence for life that he gives to his own. He experiences that other life in his own.
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) Alsatian German-French physician, humanitarian, missionary, organist, philosopher

~ Internal and external are ultimately one. When you no longer perceive the world as hostile, there is no more fear, and when there is no more fear, you think, speak and act differently. Love and compassion arise, and they affect the world.
Eckhart Tolle (born 1948) German spirituality speaker, teacher, author

~ To be unconcerned is a reflection of one's lack of compassion. It is often enough for a person in anguish simply to know that there is someone thinking of them, sharing in their pain and plight, even though that person may be unable to actually help.
Daisaku Ikeda (born 1928) Japanese philosopher, Buddhist leader, author, poet, educator, pacifist

Quotes about Compassion

~ Compassion is a two-way street.
Frank Capra (1897-1991) Sicilian-born U.S. film director

~ Compassion is the basis of morality.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) German philosopher

~ It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practise the virtues of compassion and tolerance.
Dalai Lama (born 1935) Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader

~ Compassion is the anti-toxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) U.S. social writer, philosopher

Quotes about Compassion: Global

~ Sometimes I call love and compassion a universal religion.
Dalai Lama (born 1935) Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader

~ All beings seek happiness, so let your compassion extend itself to all.
Mahavamsa (The Great Chronicle) 5th- or 6th-century Sri Lankan history of Buddhism

~ Our task must be to free ourselves… by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-born Jewish physicist, genius

~ The key point is to have a genuine sense of universal responsibility, based on love and compassion, and clear awareness.
Dalai Lama (born 1935) Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader

~ If we know how to create the energy of love, understanding, compassion, and beauty, then we can contribute a lot to the world.
Thich Nhat Hanh (born 1926) Vietnamese Buddhist monk, poet, scholar

~ Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) Alsatian German-French physician, humanitarian, missionary, organist, philosopher

~ World economies are always so tenuous and we are subject to so many losses in life, but a compassionate attitude is something we can always carry with us.
Dalai Lama (born 1935) Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader

Quotes about Compassion: Humanity

~ I truly believe that compassion provides the basis of human survival.
Dalai Lama (born 1935) Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader

~ Humanity's collective mission in the cosmos lies in the practice of compassion.
Daisaku Ikeda (born 1928) Japanese philosopher, Buddhist leader, author, poet, educator, pacifist

~ The new reorienting of human networking constitutes the heart-and-mind-pumped flow of life and intellect into the world arteries.
Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) U.S. architect, author, designer, futurist, inventor, visionary

~ There is something patently insane about all the typewriters sleeping with all the beautiful plumbing in the beautiful office buildings—and all the people sleeping in the slums.
Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) U.S. architect, author, designer, futurist, inventor, visionary

~ I am utterly convinced that Science and Peace will triumph over Ignorance and War, that nations will eventually unite not to destroy but to edify, and that the future will belong to those who have done the most for the sake of suffering humanity.
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) French chemist, microbiologist

~ Nothing so deadens the sympathies and shrivels the power of enjoyment as the persistent keeping away from the great opportunities for helpfulness and a continual ignoring of the starvation struggle that makes up the life of at least half the race. To shut one’s self away from that half of the race life is to shut one’s self away from the most vital part of it; it is to live out but half the humanity to which we have been born heir.
Jane Addams (1860-1935) U.S. social worker, feminist, 1st woman awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Quotes about Compassion: Love

~ Loving ourselves is the foundation of love and compassion for others.
Chen Yu-His (details unknown)

~ Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.
Dalai Lama (born 1935) Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader

Quotes about Compassion: Sharing

~ The miracle is this—the more we share, the more we have.
Leonard Nimoy (born 1931) U.S. actor, film director, poet, musician, photographer

~ A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
Denis Waitley (born 1933) U.S. motivational speaker, writer, consultant

~ In order to relieve another person of suffering one must identify with that person and share their suffering. This very identification is the means of practising compassion, and the act of relieving others of suffering and giving them happiness is the path of self-perfection.
Daisaku Ikeda (born 1928) Japanese philosopher, Buddhist leader, author, poet, educator, pacifist

Quotes about Compassion: Talking

~ The caring and compassion imbued in your voice finds passage to the listener's soul, striking his or her heart and causing it to sing out.
Daisaku Ikeda (born 1928) Japanese philosopher, Buddhist leader, author, poet, educator, pacifist

~ If you are motivated by loving kindness and compassion, there are many ways to bring happiness to others right now, starting with kind speech.
Thich Nhat Hanh (born 1926) Vietnamese Buddhist monk, poet, scholar

~ The voice has the power to convey one's compassion for another. No matter how much you care, the sentiment alone will not communicate itself. When your feelings are conveyed in words, your voice will have the immense power to move another person's heart.
Daisaku Ikeda (born 1928) Japanese philosopher, Buddhist leader, author, poet, educator, pacifist

Quotes about Compassion: Understanding

~ When mindfulness is there you are attentive to yourself, you are attentive to other people around you and understanding becomes possible, compassion becomes possible.
Thich Nhat Hanh (born 1926) Vietnamese Buddhist monk, poet, scholar

~ To commiserate with, to feel pity for another, falls short of genuine compassion. Understanding is key. People manage to draw the strength to carry on simply knowing that there is someone out there that understands them unconditionally.
Daisaku Ikeda (born 1928) Japanese philosopher, Buddhist leader, author, poet, educator, pacifist

Quotes about Compassion: Women

~ I think the mother is a symbol of compassion.
Dalai Lama (born 1935) Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader

~ Women possess the heart of compassion and the spirit to support others.
Daisaku Ikeda (born 1928) Japanese philosopher, Buddhist leader, author, poet, educator, pacifist

~ A woman who has true inner strength is like the sun and can brighten the lives of all those around her. Genuine compassion emanates from such a life.
Daisaku Ikeda (born 1928) Japanese philosopher, Buddhist leader, author, poet, educator, pacifist

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