Quotes About Compassion

Our job in life is to make a positive difference, not prove we're right.

Not to share one's goods with the poor is to rob them and to deprive them of life. It is not our goods that we possess, but theirs.

In case my life should end with the cannibals, I hope they will write on my tombstone, 'We have eaten Dr. Schweitzer. He was good to the end.'

As you're rushing through life, take time to stop a moment, look into people's eyes, say something kind, and try to make them laugh!

People who commit monstrous crimes are not necessarily monsters. If they were, things would be easy. But they aren't and it is one of the experiences of life.

The way not to lead a monotonous life is to live for others.

Loving life is a two-way street... We don't receive care and compassion if we don't extend them to others.

According to Buddhist scriptures, compassion is the "quivering of the pure heart" when we have allowed ourselves to be touched by the pain of life.

Tibetan Buddhism, has inspired me and accelerated my understanding of life.

The way that I see Christianity is that its role is to enhance the life of every person.

I don't really think about doing something kind, I think there's just a way to conduct your daily life with compassion to other people.

Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.

If you really want to change someone's life today, don't just pray for them... pray with them.

My ultimate goal is to spend as many of my moments in life as I can in that world that the poet Rumi talks about, 'a place beyond rightness and wrongness.

What I want in my life is compassion a flow between myself and others based on mutual giving from the heart.

I feel like it's important to use this gift God gave me, my life and my career to do something to make the world a better place. It's an easy thing for me to do.

LIVE for LIFE, but let live everybody

Children, we should simplify our life's needs and use the resulting savings for charity.

Take a vow for a life of service to others.

As confusing, unpredictable and stressful as life may be, always remember, it is never incorrect to be kind. When lost, just do nice things.

I want to talk to people that have been through big disappointments, big emotional crises, deep life struggles, and I will learn something from that.

It's always nice to look in the mirror at the end of the day and see that you helped somebody's life... even if only a little bit.

Everybody should have a fair deal; everybody should have the chance to life in this world. If we were evolved as human beings, we would hopefully be able to alleviate suffering in the world.

What brings you closer to God is being in service to others. I think any religion or spiritual way of life will indicate that service to others will lead to a connection with a higher power.