Quotes About Compassion

It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

I don't think success is what we've made of ourselves; I think it's what we've made of others.

Think in terms of what's good for the other person and success will seek you out.

Philanthropy should be voluntary.

The weapon of nonviolence does not need supermen or superwomen to wield it; even beings of common clay can use it and have used it before this with success.

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

The criteria for success: you are free, you live in the present moment, you are useful to the people around you, and you feel love for all humanity.

Do not despise or hate your neighbor because he has been a success; take care of your own case.

It is more important to be of service than successful.

The key to success is radical generosity.

The universe holds enough happiness and success for everyone.

Your intent is important. You will pull a very deep power when you are working not just for yourself, but you are working for your enlightenment and to aid others in their enlightenment.

Perhaps success should not mean that you have nothing to say to anyone, no time for anybody, and not a moment left in your calendar for someone whom you might suddenly realize you love.

Really to succeed, we must give; of our souls to the soulless, of our love to the lonely, of our intelligence to the dull. Business is quite as much a process of giving as it is of getting.

For some reason, we can't just enjoy somebody else's success. Somehow, that's going to affect us. If they have more, then I have less - and I don't know why.

Truly generous men are always ready to feel compassion when their enemy's misfortune exceeds the bounds of their hatred.

He felt he had passed beyond the bounds of vengeance, and that he could no longer say, God is for and with me.

for men who are truly generous are always ready to compassionate when the misfortune of their enemy surpasses the limits of their hatred.

At the end of every prayer introduced the entreaty oftener addressed to man than to God: Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us. Yet in spite of his earnest prayers, Dantes remained a prisoner

If I am happy in an error, do not have the cruelty to lift me from it.

When you want to obtain something touching a man's self-respect, you must spare his pride even the appearance of suffering.

And without waiting for the answer of the newcomer to this proof of affection, M. de Treville seized his right hand and pressed it with all his might, without perceiving that Athos, whatever might be his self-command, allowed a slight murmur of pain to escape him, and if possible, grew paler than he was before.

Well, so much the better for him,' said the inspector. 'When he is altogether mad, he will suffer less.' As you can see, this inspector was a man of the utmost humanity and altogether worthy of the philanthropic office with which he had been entrusted.

But if you have never loved, what right have you to boast that you've suffered?