Quotes About Empathy

What's the point if you don't tell your people? Who else can bring you down like they do?

It's about purpose. About always coming back to being kind to another being instead of trying to get something from them.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

Be a good human being, a warm-hearted affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. Having a sense of caring, a feeling of compassion will bring happiness of peace of mind to oneself and automatically create a positive atmosphere.

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.

Each of us in our own way can try to spread compassion into peopleís hearts. Western civilizations these days place great importance on filling the human 'brain' with knowledge, but no one seems to care about filling the human 'heart' with compassion. This is what the real role of religion is.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive

It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance.

Compassion automatically brings happiness and calmness. Then, even if you receive disturbing news, it will be easier to take, as your mind is still.

World economies are always so tenuous and we are subject to so many losses in life, but a compassionate attitude is something we can always carry with us.

Through money or power you cannot solve all problems. The problem in the human heart must be solved first.

Just as you have the instinctive natural desire to be happy and overcome suffering, so do all sentient beings; just as you have the right to fulfill this innate aspiration, so do all sentient beings. So on what exact grounds do you discriminate?

All human beings, whatever their cultural or historical background, suffer when they are intimidated, imprisoned or tortured.

My true religion is Kindness.

The sole source of peace in families, countries and the world is altruism – love and compassion.

Education and the warm heart–if you combine these two, then your education, your knowledge, will be constructive. You are yourself then becoming a happy person.

Because violence can only breed more violence and suffering, our struggle must remain nonviolent and free of hatred. We are trying to end the suffering of our people, not to inflict suffering on others.

Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Love is the absence of judgment.

A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you.