#Compassion Quotes

“Wolves and bears, they say, casting their savagery aside, have done like offices of pity.”

“'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.”

“Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.”

“When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner”

“Take physic, pomp; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them And show the heavens more just.”

“O, I have sufferedWith those that I saw suffer!”

“Do all men kill the things they do not love ............ The quality of mercy is not strain'd It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest It blesseth him that gives and him that takes”

“Soft pity enters an iron gate.”

“Live, let live, and help live”

“His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong.”

“A sympathetic person is placed in the dilemma of a swimmer among drowning men, who all catch at him, and if he gives so much as a leg or a finger, they will drown him.”

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”

“The quality of mercy is not strained”

“There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.”

“A generous friend gives life for a friend let's rise above this animalistic behavior and be kind to one another”

“In this earth,in this immaculate field,we shall not plant any seedsexcept for compassion,except for love.”

“If you put your heart against the earth with meIn serving every creature, our Beloved will enter youFrom our sacred realm, and we will be, we will beSo happy.”

“We all face death in the end. But on the way, be careful never to hurt a human heart!”

“Treasure is stored in the ruined places.Do not break the hearts of the poorand heartbroken people”

“A Candle never Loses any of its Light while Lighting up another candle.”

“Show me anger and I will show you 'Hurt'. Show me hurt and I will show you 'Love'. Peel the layers if you care!”

“When I find a ladybug I ask the butler to take it outside instead of killing it.”

“Tis a cruelty to load a fallen man.”

“I went inside my heart to see how it was. Something there makes me hear the whole world weeping.”

“If you have anything in your heart other than love, you've got to get it out.”

“We can sit here and talk about all the negativity, which we've done a little bit, but for every act of evil in the world, there are a million acts of kindness. Basically, our nature is to love each other and care about each other, and most of us do that. Most of us have no quarrel with anybody who's living on another side of the planet and who might have a different religious persuasion. It's just these small minorities to the far right and the far left who get all of the news time and print space.”

“Every obnoxious act is a cry for help.”

“Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to [grow and] become successful. For that reason it makes sense to be grateful for adversities that help you grow, even if it is only in understanding and compassion for other's suffering.”

“Empathy is even better than talking in one language”

“You know what love is?It is all kindness, generosity.”

“Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love”

“Find the sweetness in your own heart, then you may find the sweetness in every heart.”

“The fault is in the one who blames. Spirit sees nothing to criticize.”

“Love is forgiving and Love is for giving.”

“Treat yourself and others with kindness when you eat, exercise, play, work, love, and everything else. When you think, feel, and act kindly, you hasten your ability to connect to the power of intention.”

“I think my mission is to support people in being steadfast in not having thoughts of harm - thoughts of judgment, worry, or hatred - directed toward themselves or others.”

“Please put the ladybug outside without harming her. (to his butler)”

“The problem with using force in our lives is that we always create a counterforce. For example, If you're with a child and the child says, "I hate you," which is a very low energy, and you respond with, "I hate you too," you have lowered the collective energy that you are both in, and both of you will he weakened. Whereas, if you respond to, "I hate you," with love, which is what, instinctively, we know what to do, then we can dissolve and dissipate that hatred.”

“It is better to be kind than right.”

“Men so noble, However faulty, yet should find respect For what they have been: 'tis a cruelty To load a falling man.”

“Ambition, fueled by compassion, wisdom and integrity, is a powerful force for good that will turn the wheels of industry and open the doors of opportunity for you and countless others.”

“Look Back in forgiveness, forward in hope, down in compassion and up in gratitude.”

“Compassion becomes an automatic reaction when you see all of humanity as one undivided and indivisible family.”

“Have you thought of the sufferings of Armenia? You poured out your money to help succor the Armenians after they suffered; now set your strength so that they shall never suffer again.”

“There's not a day I live that doesn't start with me getting up and first saying, "What can I do for somebody else?" Whether that means sending something to one of my children or picking up the phone and calling a stranger who is in the hospital, I start every day by wanting more for others than I do for myself.”

“Patanjali said that when you are steadfast in your abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward yourself and others, all living creatures will cease to feel fear in your presence. Steadfast means you never slip. I think my mission is to support people in being steadfast in not having thoughts of harm - thoughts of judgment, worry, or hatred - directed toward themselves or others.”

“Benevolence does not consist in those who are prosperous pitying and helping those who are not. It consists in fellow feeling that puts you upon actually the same level with the fellow who suffers.”

“You must make a daily effort to look upon others without condemnation. Every judgment takes you away from your goal of peace. Your ego loves your judgments, because with them you remain in a constant state of anguish and remorse. Keep in mind that you do not define anyone with your judgment; you only define yourself as someone who needs to be judged.”

“You're able to love others, to give to others, and do for others by giving and doing for yourself first.”

“Attachment to being right creates suffering. When you have a choice to be right, or to be kind, choose kind and watch your suffering disappear.”