Quotes About Compassion

Man is not on the earth solely for his own happiness. He is there to realize great things for humanity.

Every single human being is a unique human being. And, therefore, it's so criminal to do something to that human being, because he or she represents humanity.

The most practical thing in the world is common sense and common humanity.

When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.

The age of Chivalry is gone. An age of Humanity has come.

People do terrible things all the time, but we don't regularly disown our humanity. We disavow the terrible things.

War is a defeat for humanity.

If we can cultivate a concern for others, keeping in mind the oneness of humanity, we can build a more compassionate world.

Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity.

The whole point of justice consists precisely in our providing for others through humanity what we provide for our own family through affection.

It would be nice to feel that we are a better world, a world of more compassion and a world of more humanity, and to believe in the basic goodness of man.

Anyone who tries to improve the lives of animals invariably comes in for criticism from those who believe such efforts are misplaced in a world of suffering humanity.

I am a rebel by birth... I contest anything that is unjust, that causes suffering in humanity. My feelings about that are so strong, I don't think I could live with myself if I weren't honest.

The joy that compassion brings is one of the best-kept secrets of humanity. It is a secret known only to a very few people, a secret that has to be rediscovered over and over again.

But, you know, the issues of humanity and what is fair treatment and good treatment of a fellow human being should not really be based on a personal sense of right and wrong or judgment.

We cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself.

North Americans don't understand... that our country is not just Cuba; our country is also humanity.

You can't leave humanity out. If you didn't have humanity, you wouldn't have anything.

The church is her true self only when she exists for humanity.

To say that 'I will not be free till all humans (or all sentient creatures) are free' is simply to cave in to a kind of nirvana-stupor, to abdicate our humanity, to define ourselves as losers.

The true artist does not create art as an end in itself; he creates art for human beings. Humanity is the goal.

I'm into humanity. I don't believe in God, but I believe in human beings.

We are blind to each other's humanity.

We are all cells in the same body of humanity.