Quotes About Compassion

Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service

We are, each of us angels with only one wing; and we can only fly by embracing one another.

If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'

A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.

Maybe if I share the path I walk then a little more of your pain will vanish. I want you to heal, whoever you are. I don't care what pain you've brought the world, I just want yours to subside. No matter what, your path is yours. Dont follow misery or worry. Devote every moment of your life to improving your dreams. Love your world. Cherish the good you do. Let go of hatred. Dream of love.

Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others? Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.

In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed that can make life a garden.

The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others.

Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

Tsze-Kung asked, Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life? The Master said, Is not Reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

If I can stop one Heart from breaking I shall not live in vain If I can ease one life the Aching Or cool one Pain Or help one fainting Robin Unto his Nest again I shall not live in Vain.

Bad things are always going to happen in life. People will hurt you. But you can't use that as an excuse to fail or to hurt someone back. You'll only hurt yourself.

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.

I don't believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and don't judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free.

Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?

He is unworthy of life who gives no life to another.