Compassion Quotes

Welcome to Compassion Quotes, your source for motivational and also uplifting words of knowledge. Here you will certainly discover a collection of quotes from some of the globe's most influential people, consisting of writers, theorists, as well as spiritual leaders. Whether you are searching for a quote to inspire you, to bring a smile to your face, or to aid you through a challenging time, you will certainly locate something right here to motivate you. Allow these quotes remind you of the power of compassion and also the relevance of generosity in our lives.
Small: Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark
"Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding"
Louis Gerstner, Businessman
Small: I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself
Desmond Tutu
"I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights"
Desmond Tutu, Leader
Small: Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil.
"Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose duties of compassion and humanity in their case"
John Rawls, Educator
Small: Make no judgements where you have no compassion
Anne McCaffrey
"Make no judgements where you have no compassion"
Anne McCaffrey, Author
Small: The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty
Samuel Johnson
"The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty"
Samuel Johnson, Author
Small: However, without considering this connection, there is no doubt but that more good than evil, more delight tha
"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"
Joseph Butler, Clergyman
Small: Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody elses skin.
"Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too"
Frederick Buechner, Clergyman
Small: The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion constitutionality is no match with compassion
Everett Dirksen
"The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion"
Everett Dirksen, Politician
Small: Today, our actions must be motivated only by our intense desire to achieve a just and lasting peace. The compa
"Today, our actions must be motivated only by our intense desire to achieve a just and lasting peace. The compassion and charity of the American people should be reflected in this legislation, though sadly, they are silenced"
Nick Rahall, Politician
Small: They werent impatient for the boys to turn into cartoons again. They awarded sympathy, gave compassion.
"They weren't impatient for the boys to turn into cartoons again. They awarded sympathy, gave compassion. Because deep down they had found parts of themselves in the characters. You said it George"
Audrey Meadows, Actress
Small: I just dont know that shame and fear need to be our teachers rather, compassion, understanding, and love shoul
Kyan Douglas
"I just don't know that shame and fear need to be our teachers; rather, compassion, understanding, and love should be our guides"
Kyan Douglas, Celebrity
Small: Few things are so deadly as a misguided sense of compassion
"Few things are so deadly as a misguided sense of compassion"
Charles Colson, Lawyer
Small: Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of tr
"Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true"
Leonard Cohen, Musician
Small: I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the strength of comp
"I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use.'"
Ricky Williams, Athlete
Small: I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures
Lao Tzu
"I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures"
Lao Tzu, Author
Small: Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation
Henry Ward Beecher
"Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation"
Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman
Small: Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and th
Albert Einstein
"Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty"
Albert Einstein, Physicist
Small: Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace
Albert Schweitzer
"Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
Small: I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compa
Albert Schweitzer
"I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
Small: Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men
Confucius
"Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men"
Confucius, Philosopher
Small: Compassion is the basis of morality
Arthur Schopenhauer
"Compassion is the basis of morality"
Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher
Small: Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain rel
Eric Hoffer
"Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless"
Eric Hoffer, Writer
Small: Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us
Eric Hoffer
"Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us"
Eric Hoffer, Writer
Small: Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves
"Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves"
Mason Cooley, Writer
Small: I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered
Maya Angelou
"I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water"
Maya Angelou, Poet
Small: The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, w
"The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another"
Thomas Merton, Author
Small: A love for humanity came over me, and watered and fertilised the fields of my inner world which had been lying
"A love for humanity came over me, and watered and fertilised the fields of my inner world which had been lying fallow, and this love of humanity vented itself in a vast compassion"
Georg Brandes, Critic
Small: Compassion is no substitute for justice
Rush Limbaugh
"Compassion is no substitute for justice"
Rush Limbaugh, Entertainer
Small: The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
"The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion"
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, Poet
Small: I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which man structurally does not have, do
"I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which man structurally does not have, does not have it because he cannot have it. He's just incapable of it"
Barbara Jordan, Politician
Small: If you resort to violent methods because the other side has destroyed your monastery, for example, you then ha
Dalai Lama
"If you resort to violent methods because the other side has destroyed your monastery, for example, you then have lost not only your monastery, but also your special Buddhist practices of detachment, love, and compassion"
Dalai Lama, Leader
Small: Dont ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness. Compassion
Dalai Lama
"Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness. Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength"
Dalai Lama, Leader
Small: As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve per
Ursula K. Le Guin
"As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope"
Ursula K. Le Guin, Writer
Small: It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope
Ursula K. Le Guin
"It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope"
Ursula K. Le Guin, Writer
Small: Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nations promise through civility, courage, compassion and cha
George W. Bush
"Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character"
George W. Bush, President
Small: Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive
Dalai Lama
"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive"
Dalai Lama, Leader
Small: If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion
Dalai Lama
"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion"
Dalai Lama, Leader
Small: All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the
Dalai Lama
"All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives"
Dalai Lama, Leader
Small: Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isnt anyone who d
Dalai Lama
"Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion"
Dalai Lama, Leader
Small: A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm d
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator
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