Quotes About Compassion

Imaginative empathy is one of the great gifts that humans have, and it means that we can live more than one life. We can picture what it would be like from another perspective.

You live your life and it ends quite quickly and all you can do with it is pass it on decently to someone else. Whether directly or indirectly, behave decently to other people.

You learn a lot about a person when she saves your life, - Mecho

In that moment she learnt one of the greatest secrets of life: It is often easier to fight for others than it is for yourself.

If you were to write your life motto, what would it say? Look out for number one? Or look out for the needs of others?

Your life will be rich for others only as it is rich for you.

I don't think my life is more interesting than anybody else's.

I've always had a way with the little people, making it a point to humor them without looking down my nose at their wasted empty lives.

Every time one person becomes peaceful in their own life, it changes the world.

I cherish my every connection. I see the other in myself and myself in others.

I don't have many deal breakers. I've done so much in my life, it doesn't feel right to judge other people.

Life is a do-it-for-others, do-it-yourself project.

If you're going to condemn a people based on the actions of the worst of its ranks; take a good look at the worst of your people first and judge yourself.

Gratitude free of compassion is selfishness. It is nothing more than being happy for what has been done to benefit you.

Are we defending life when we just pick and choose lives acceptable to lose and which ones to defend?

Does taking the life of the perpetrator return your mom? No.

I hope that when the time comes, I am treated with compassion and allowed to pass on to the next phase of life's journey in the manner of my choice.

Jesus' commandment never wishes to destroy life, but rather to preserve, strengthen, and heal life.

The church must share in the secular problems of ordinary human life, not dominating, but helping and serving.

My motto in life is 'If you think it, you can do it' and if we all apply that thought we can end hunger the world over.

I used to care about how other people thought I led my life. But lately I've realized that most people are too preoccupied with their own lives to give anybody else even the scantiest of thoughts.

To consciously evolve, we require clear vision of a compassionate future that draws out our enthusiastic participation in life.

Personal relations are the important thing for ever and ever, and not this outer life of telegrams and anger.

We want the same effect as if someone's house burned here. We want to give them a normal life as soon as possible.