Compassion Sayings and Quotes

"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

"Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity."
Buddha

"Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation."
Henry Ward Beecher

"You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion."
Meister Eckhart

"The greatest things in life - truth, creativity, imagination, love, kindness, compassion -are already inside us, and they're all free." Yanni

"The dew of compassion is a tear."
Lord Byron

"A person's worth is measured by what they do with their life, the good they spread, the help they give, and the compassion they have for their fellow human beings."
Byron Pulsifer, Characteristics Of A Pencil

"Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will."
William Cowper

"A human being is a part of the whole that we call the universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest -- a kind of optical illusion of his consciousness. This illusion is a prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for only the few people nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living beings and all of nature."
Wisdom of Albert Einstein

"Replacing fear with trust and compassion allows people to be restored to their true selves and restores the workplace to one of synergy and achievement."
Danna Beal

"Compassion is not religious business, it is human business; it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability; it is essential for human survival."
Dalai Lama



"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion."
Dalai Lama

"I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance."
Pablo Casals

"Compassion is the basis of all morality."
Arthur Schopenhauer

"The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater ;burden can be borne by an individual than to know no one cares or understands."
Arthur H. Stainback

"To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike."
Horace Mann

"The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter."
Norman Cousins

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

"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind."
Henry James

"When we come into contact with the other person, our thoughts and actions should express our mind of compassion, even if that person says and does things that are not easy to accept. We practice in this way until we see clearly that our love is not contingent upon the other person being lovable."
Thich Nhat Hanh


"No child is born with a really cold heart, and it is only in proportion as we lose that youthful heart that we lose the inner warmth in ourselves."
Lin Yutang

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

"I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas."
John F. Kennedy

"Compassion is a two way street."
Frank Capra

"Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless."
Eric Hoffer

"If you move through life helping, caring, forgiving, you will always have you're your own special fan club - it is those who love and respect you no matter if others you have helped may not."
Byron Pulsifer, Always Care

"Part of your life that is viewed by others is one of compassion for others plight on this earth. It doers not mean that you offer yourself up to being abused or used; it is more that you do not harbor ill feelings or prejudices towards anyone and willing to assist however you can without being trod on by those who would seemingly only use your kindness for their own ends without extending that same graciousness to anyone else."
Byron PUlsifer, Your Mark

"Join a giving community and you will surely find your talents, caring and compassion valued more than you might believe."
Catherine Pulsifer, You Can Certainly Help

"You are the backbone of your family where strength of character does not mean that you cannot express compassion, love and caring."
Catherine Pulsifer, Meaning of Wealth