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Compassion Quotes


"Our sacrosanct obligation is to tend to our own personal wounds and furiously love the entire world irrespective if the world loves us back."


"She thought of ... the way he never made made her feel crazy, even when she was acting crazy, and never made her feel like a failure, even when she was failing."


"Demonstrate love to the people first, and then teach them to observe biblical principles."



"What is the nature of the worldly life (sansar)? God lives in every living being of the world, that means if you oppress any living being or cause misery to them, then adharma (unrighteousness, irreligion) will occur. The result (effect) of adharma will be against your desires and the result of dharma (righteousness, religion) will be favorable to your desires."


"The soft heart is not a thing to harden but a treasure to protect. For soft hearts extend mercy, compassion, refuge, and God's redemption to the world."


"A suffering or tortured animal always filled her with such a surge of sympathy that it lifted her clean out of herself."


"You can only prove your love to God when you love people that do not deserve your love."


"To carry each other's burdens, we must care for one another."


"Be humble to those who praise you, pleasant to those who honor you, kind to those who cherish you, good to those who love you, and generous to those who adore you."


"Start a compassion movement in your community by being a living example of kindness."


"Love is not only one of the greatest blessings in your personal life, but when it is extended professionally, the possibilities are endless."


"GLOUCESTERNow, good sir, what are you?EDGARA most poor man made tame to fortune's blows,Who by the art of known and feeling sorrowsAm pregnant to good pity."


"The Lord is concerned about the poor receiving justice and that they are not neglected or cheated."


"We glorify God when we appreciate humans."


"With the glorious flames of compassion in your heart, embrace the goodness from all religions."


"When you show love and empathy to people, you draw them closer to your beliefs and traditions."


"God treats us the same way we treat one another."


"For agnosticism is, in a sense, what I am preaching. I do not wish to reduce the sceptical element in your minds. I am only suggesting that it need not be reserved exclusively for the New Testament and the Creeds. Try doubting something else."


"Life has a way of shining on people who stand in the sunshine of kind actions."


"He is ugly and sad... but he is all love."


"To radiate joy is to reveal deep compassion for hurting people."


"Nothing can create more dramatic changes than simple and pure love and compassion. When people pray, their prayers are listened, but the answers manifest in forms that their selfishness blinds them to see."


"Serving people with love and compassion is the best way to bring them to Christ."


"I call him religious who understands the suffering of others."


"Without love and compassion, nothing is sacred."


"Afford every soul you encounter the wide and free passage they need to give birth to the dear expressions they feel are important."


"Celebrate people and love them even at their lowest point."


"Always recompense kindness with hearty love and gratitude."


"Find people in worse situations than you and help them anyway you can."


"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."


"As long as we don't buckle under the weight of the pain and its longevity, when the pain does subside a bit, we find ourselves more inclined to feel compassion for other people going through their own rough spots - CHALLENGES INSPIRE COMPASSION."


"You should either be like the candle that produces light or you live like mirror which reflects it. Pray for love; Sow love, Show love and Share love!"


"To change your life, love yourself. To change your community, love others. To change the world, love everyone."


"Be gentle with him, Mercy. He's got a heart as big as Texas- he'll die for you without blinking. But he doesn't expect anyone to do the same for him."


"You don't have to be perfect, just be loving and compassionate."


"Behind every angry soul is a wounded child that just wanted you to love them for who they are."


"Nothing on earth is as unbearable as dealing with other people if you are a person who lacks compassion and understanding."


"You are not a murderer. I find it difficult to think of that as a personality flaw."


"Only love can inspire us to sacrifice."


"Progress and healing involves seeing every person as not so different from ourselves."


"We are nothing without compassion for others and for all other beings!"


"As the pain that can be told is but half a pain, so the pity that questions has little healing in its touch. What Lily craved was the darkness made by enfolding arms, the silence which is not solitude, but compassion holding its breath."


"Though love may be blind, it sees much; though it may be deaf, it hears much; though it may be mute, it says much; and though it may be lame, it does much."


"It is hard to draw any line between compassion and love."


"Our service as believers is in our help and attitude towards others."


"Let me share my loving care upon those who are not my children - yet, willing to see me as their Father."


"Riley : "Do you want to claw at me, kitty-cat? Come on."Mercy: "Sorry, I don't beat defenseless puppies."


"And Sir, it is no little thing to make mine eyes to sweat compassion."


"Be compassionate ... and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be a better place."
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