Quotes About Compassion

We know we cannot be kind to animals until we stop exploiting them -- exploiting animals in the name of science, exploiting animals in the name of sport, exploiting animals in the name of fashion, and yes, exploiting animals in the name of food.

Kindness and compassion towards all living things is a mark of a civilized society. Conversely, cruelty, whether it is directed against human beings or against animals, is not the exclusive province of any one culture or community of people.

Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well with others.

The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.

Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.

The end of all education should surely be service to others.

Discipline isn't about showing a dog who's boss; it's about taking responsibility for a living creature you have brought into your world.

You cannot "love" a dog out of her bad behavior, just as you can't "love" a criminal into stopping his crimes.

À medida que as penas forem mais brandas, quando as prisões já não forem a horrível mansão do desespero e da fome, quando a piedade e a humanidade penetrarem nas masmorras, quando enfim os executores impiedosos dos rigores da justiça abrirem os corações à compaixão, as leis poderão contentar-se com indícios mais fracos para ordenar a prisão.

Tu seras aimé le jour où tu pourras montrer tes faiblesses sans que l'autre s'en serve pour augmenter sa force.

Serás amado el día en que puedas mostrar tu debilidad sin que el otro se sirva de esta para afirmar su fuerza

Someone who has suffered is no longer the same.

Tutt'al più commuoversi sugli altri,mai su se stesso. To pity others perhaps, never to pity one's self. Be touched by others, don't be touched by yourself

Esistono amori che non siano egoismo, che non vogliano ridurre l'uomo o la donna al proprio comodo?

Ca s? suporÅ£i amintirile din copil?rie ale altcuiva trebuie s? fii îndr?gostit de el.

BaÅŸkas?ndan nefret eden bir insan hiçbir zaman yaln?z deÄŸildir.

Si odiano gli altri, perché si odia se stessi.

When we let go of the self, we are more inspired to work with others; and when we are generous to others, we realize that the self is lost.

You don't have to rush out to become the mayor of your city or the president of the United States in order to help others, but you can begin with your relatives and friends and the people around you. In fact, you can start with yourself. The important point is to realize that you are never off duty.

The point of meditation is not merely to be an honest or good person in the conventional sense, trying only to maintain our security. We must begin to become compassionate and wise in the fundamental sense, open and relating to the world as it is.

We must try to think beyond our homes, beyond the fire burning in the fireplace, beyond sending our children to school or getting to work in the morning. We must try to think how we can help this world. If we don't help, nobody will. It is our turn to help the world.

Shambhala vision teaches that in the face of the world's great problems, we can be heroic and kind at the same time.

However, maitri is not just being kind and nice. It is the understanding that one has to become one with the situation. That does not particularly mean that one becomes entirely without personality and has to accept whatever the other person suggests. Rather, you have to overcome the barrier that you have formed between yourself and others. If you remove this barrier and open yourself, then automatically real understanding and clarity will develop in your mind.

The ultimate implication of the words "peace on earth" is to remove altogether the ideas of peace and war and to open yourself equally and completely to the positive and negative aspects of the world.