Quotes About Compassion

American life is builded ... upon that fundamental philosophy announced by the Savior nineteen centuries ago ... [It] can not survive with the defense of Cain, "Am I my brother's keeper?

I'm a very tolerant man, except when it comes to holding a grudge.

Maybe we are both good people who've done some bad things.

The awful thing is that if i can forget they're people, it will be no different at all

I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish whether we have a policy of life at any cost.

It is not fit that I should give myself pain, for I have never intentionally given pain even to another.

Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait

All our philosophy is as dry as dust if it is not immediately translated into some act of living service.

If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone.

Only he who does not seek to be ahead of others is capable of living in harmony with everyone.

Tantric Buddhists don't believe in sin. Stupidity, yes, meaning we make ourselves or others suffer.

You shouldn't run around killing people or eating meat. That's not what we mean by tantra. There's no need to break the rules.

Pain sure does bring out the best in people, doesn't it?

To be nice to people and make them happy - that's my philosophy in life.

Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel...You are called in to help the unhappy.

Philosophy is fundamentally about how you come to terms with living your life and trying to do it in a wise manner, and, for me, that means decently and compassionately and courageously and so forth.

My philosophy is: Everybody needs to look out for everybody else.

The philosopher is he to whom the highest has descended, and the lowest has mounted up; who is the equal and kindly brother of all.

We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us, and make us kinder. You always have the choice.

Be thoughtful but never forget to be kind.

Only the great power of love can make you great.

How beautiful it is to have inner peace while knowing that everyone is busy with their own battles in life.

You cannot have a beautiful life if you always focus on ugliness in others.

There is nothing more beautiful than a kind soul.