Quotes About Compassion

All the other pleasures of life seem to wear out, but the pleasure of helping others in distress never does.

If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life.

Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.

When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.

Cry the Gospel with your whole life.

Virtually all of life's ills boil down to mindlessness. If you can understand someone else's perspective, then there's no reason to be angry at them, envy them, steal from them.

A generous heart, kind speech, & a life of service & compassion are the things which renew humanity.

Animals are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time.

Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?

We are all a people in need. We are not perfect. We are not machines. We make mistakes. We need grace. We need compassion. We need help at times. We need other people. And that's okay.

What is the ultimate purpose of life? It's to give.

Love is the measure of life; only so far as we love do we really live.

But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy.

I think those who have a terminal illness and are in great pain should have the right to choose to end their own life, and those that help them should be free from prosecution.

I have spent the better part of my adult life standing up and fighting for working families.

Will someone else's life be brighter tomorrow, because of what you have done today?

Your days pass like rainbows, like a flash of lightning, like a star at dawn. Your life is short. How can you quarrel?

According to me, your life is going to be a gradual process of becoming kinder and more loving. Hurry up. Speed it along. Start right now.

Every human being is called to solidarity in a world battling between life and death

The only moral lesson which is suited for a child--the most important lesson for every time of life--is this: 'Never hurt anybody.

It isn't enough to love people because they're good to you, or because in some way or other you're going to get something by it. We have to love because we love loving.

You should never look at somebody and say, 'I wish I had their life,' because you never really know what struggles they're going through.

If you stop to be kind, you must swerve often from your path.

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha.