Quotes About Compassion

Irrespective of whether we are believers or agnostics, whether we believe in God or karma, moral ethics is a code which everyone is able to pursue.

Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It's the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else's pain is as meaningful as your own.

Developing the muscles of the soul demands no competitive spirit, no killer instinct, although it may erect pain barriers that the spiritual athlete must crash through.

Man can no longer live his life for himself alone. We realize that all life is valuable and that we are united to all this life. From this knowledge comes our spiritual relationship to the universe.

Unless there is a spiritual renaissance, the world will know no peace.

I invite you to not only love each other more but love each other better.

The love of Christ comes from simple people who love simple people. Never be fooled by the spiritual leader who knows a lot but doesn't love a lot.

Pollinate the world with the pure love of Christ.

When attention is given to the spiritual aspect of one's life, it brings a sense of belongingness, and responsibility, compassion and caring for the whole of humanity.

Don't get angry. Try not to speak roughly or use harsh words.

Sustaining a loving heart, even for a moment, makes one a spiritual being.

There is a discipline, a spiritual code that you should adhere to, that you do not hurt anyone in any way shape or form either mentally or physically.

In spiritual maturity, the opposite of injustice is not justice but compassion.

All of spiritual practice is a matter of relationship: to ourselves, to others, to life's situations.

The world is full of incredible people who are embodiments of compassion. Some of them have a spiritual path; some of them don't.

Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.

If a person does not harm any living being...and does not kill or cause others to kill - that person is a true spiritual practitioner

If you and I are having a single thought of violence or hatred against anyone in the world at this moment, we are contributing to the wounding of the world.

If we want spiritual development, the practice of patience is essential.

If you contemplate the Golden Rule, it turns out to be an injunction to live by grace rather than by what you think other people deserve.

Our animal friends' non-reactive and forgiving natures can teach us positive spiritual lessons on a daily basis.

All attack is a call for help.

Our own pulse beats in every stranger's throat.

I love everybody. Each one plays the role they have to play, but in the spiritual arena there are people who are even closer to me than that.