Quotes About Compassion

Killing a deer from a boat while the poor animal is swimming in the water, or on snowshoes as it flounders helplessly in the deep drifts, can only be justified on the plea of hunger. This is also true of lying in wait at a lick. Whoever indulges in any of these methods, save from necessity, is a butcher pure and simple, and has no business in the company of true sportsmen.

Our creed is one that bids us to be just to all, to feel sympathy for all, and to strive for an understanding of the needs of all. Our purpose is to smite down wrong.

We cannot sit huddled within our own borders and avow ourselves merely an assemblage of well-to-do hucksters who care nothing for what happens beyond.

No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care

Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is a lousy fiction writer because her writing has no compassion and virtually no humor. She has a philosophical and economical message that she is passing off as fiction, but it really isn't fiction at all.

My heart is open to all the winds: It is a pasture for gazelles And a home for Christian monks, A temple for idols, The Black Stone of the Mecca pilgrim, The table of the Torah, And the book of the Koran. Mine is the religion of love. Wherever God's caravans turn, The religion of love Shall be my religion And my faith.

I am not a doctor,' I replied, 'I only help those who come to me in desperation. When a man is brought to me naked I do not know his race or allegiance. I will treat the sick, and if you do not allow me to do so, then I will treat no one.

Suffering is the common lot of man.

From now on, I would surround myself with people who loved me, not people who hated me.

Tell him that I loved the little boy in him, and that I loved the man in him. Tell him I loved his sad side, and his laughing side.

You may not know it, but then again, maybe you do, but your sister is a prostitute." "And that makes a difference?" He looked at her in a speculative way, as if he wondered what she did for a living. "My sister is a person. She deserves the same attention you would give anybody.

I've come to realize that being around someone with Alzheimer's is like being around someone who's really, really wasted. And like someone who's had way too much too drink, his mood and attention swings from one subject and emotion to another. Now he pauses, spots something

But if we have the energy of compassion and loving kindness in us, the people around us will be influenced by our way of being and living.

Meditation is not to escape from society, but to come back to ourselves and see what is going on. Once there is seeing, there must be acting. With mindfulness, we know what to do and what not to do to help

If you are motivated by loving kindness and compassion, there are many ways to bring happiness to others right now, starting with kind speech.

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention.

We have to walk in a way that we only print peace and serenity on the Earth. Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

Every day we do things, we are things that have to do with peace. If we are aware of our life..., our way of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment, we are alive.

The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.

Through my love for you, I want to express my love for the whole cosmos, the whole of humanity, and all beings. By living with you, I want to learn to love everyone and all species. If I succeed in loving you, I will be able to love everyone and all species on Earth... This is the real message of love.

You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.

The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.