Quotes About Compassion

It is impossible to build one's happiness on the unhappiness of others.

anyone can acquire wealth, the real art is giving it away.

I don't share your views, Mom. That doesn't mean I don't love you, or respect your choices or advice. It just means we disagree,

The Lord says to forgive is devine. -The Lord didn't go to high school with you.

It was really really neat to make the movie because there were mentally challenged actors in the movie. So that was really really cool to work with them and they were always really happy, and they made everybody really happy on the set too.

It's about purpose. About always coming back to being kind to another being instead of trying to get something from them.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

Be a good human being, a warm-hearted affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. Having a sense of caring, a feeling of compassion will bring happiness of peace of mind to oneself and automatically create a positive atmosphere.

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.

Each of us in our own way can try to spread compassion into peopleís hearts. Western civilizations these days place great importance on filling the human 'brain' with knowledge, but no one seems to care about filling the human 'heart' with compassion. This is what the real role of religion is.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive

It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance.

Compassion automatically brings happiness and calmness. Then, even if you receive disturbing news, it will be easier to take, as your mind is still.

World economies are always so tenuous and we are subject to so many losses in life, but a compassionate attitude is something we can always carry with us.

Through money or power you cannot solve all problems. The problem in the human heart must be solved first.

Just as you have the instinctive natural desire to be happy and overcome suffering, so do all sentient beings; just as you have the right to fulfill this innate aspiration, so do all sentient beings. So on what exact grounds do you discriminate?

This new concept ought to be elaborated alongside the religions, in such a way that all people of good will could adhere to it. We ought to promote this concept with the help of scientists. It could lead us to what we are looking for.

All human beings, whatever their cultural or historical background, suffer when they are intimidated, imprisoned or tortured.

My true religion is Kindness.

The sole source of peace in families, countries and the world is altruism – love and compassion.

Education and the warm heart–if you combine these two, then your education, your knowledge, will be constructive. You are yourself then becoming a happy person.