Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. Votes: 5
Dalai LamaIf you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. Votes: 5
Dalai LamaCompassion for humanity begins with compassion and respect for all beings. Votes: 3
Jeffrey A. WhiteCompassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism. Votes: 3
Hubert H. HumphreyCompassion is good but politicians have turned compassion into the welfare state. Votes: 3
Thomas SowellCompassion brings fulfillment to the heart. Selfish desires simply agitate the heart. Votes: 3
Radhanath SwamiThat which is impermanent attracts compassion. That which is not provides wisdom. (116) Votes: 3
Stephen LevinePassion is like waves; it comes and goes. Compassion is the constant flow. Votes: 3
Harbhajan Singh YogiCompassion is the awareness of a deep bond between yourself and all creatures. Votes: 3
Eckhart TolleI'm no expert standing at a podium giving speeches. I share heartbeats. Compassion. Votes: 3
Elizabeth BerkleyCompassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear. Votes: 3
Joan HalifaxCompassion is the litmus test and culminating touchstone of a spirituality of Earth. Votes: 3
James ConlonCompassion leads to freedom of discovering your voice, your gifts, and your purpose. Votes: 3
Robert V. TaylorCompassion is our deepest nature. It arises from our interconnection with all things. Votes: 3
Jack KornfieldCompassion is the most necessary ingredient in all relationships. Everything depends on it. Votes: 3
Jane Stanton HitchcockNever apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. Votes: 3
Benjamin DisraeliCompassion is a reflection of our connectedness. Your voice is need and much appreciated! Votes: 3
Widad AkrawiCompassion instills a sense of calm, inner strength, and a deep confidence and satisfaction Votes: 3
Dalai LamaCompassion isn't morose; it's something replenishing and opening; that's why it makes us happy. Votes: 3
Sharon SalzbergCompassion enables you to reach to the heavens and look through the heart of God. Votes: 3
Debbie FordCompassion is never compassion until you cross the street and go do something about it. Votes: 3
Christine CaineCompassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers. Votes: 3
Susan SontagCompassion is not feeling sorry for others. It's not soft. It requires an intellectual effort. Votes: 3
Karen ArmstrongRemember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something. Votes: 3
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Compassion naturally creates a positive atmosphere, and as a result you feel peaceful and content. Votes: 3
Dalai LamaGather the five virtues (Dignity, Confidence, Courage, Compassion, and Faith). Then you are a man. Votes: 3
Kofi AnnanPity arises when we are sorry for someone.Compassion is when we understand and help wisely. Votes: 3
Gautama BuddhaCompassion is a mental quality that can bring us true lasting inner peace and inner strength. Votes: 3
Dalai LamaCompassion is easily forsaken in the midst of prosperity, even when this prosperity is God given. Votes: 3
Max AndersCompassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us. Votes: 3
Sharon SalzbergTo know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. Votes: 3
Ralph Waldo EmersonCompassion knows that choosing the higher road in any situation is the most loving option for you. Votes: 3
Debbie FordIt is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding. Votes: 3
Erma BombeckCompassion is an act of love. You act in love to be kind, be gentle and be peaceful. Votes: 3
Lailah Gifty AkitaCompassion is the ability to see what needs doing right now and the willingness to do it right now. Votes: 3
Brad WarnerCompassion, acceptance and LOVE is the cure to MOST of the issues that plague this world. Votes: 2
Yvonne PierreThe purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. Votes: 2
Albert SchweitzerYou may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion. Votes: 2
Meister EckhartWithout passion, nothing happens; without compassion, the wrong things happen. Votes: 1
Jan EliassonCompassionate action involves working with ourselves as much as working with others Votes: 1
Pema ChodronIn seperateness lies the world's great misery, in compassion lies the world's true strength Votes: 1
BuddhaThe genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion. Votes: 0
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelMeditation is about cultivating constructive emotions, like altruism, compassion. Votes: 0
Matthieu RicardI practice loving-kindness meditation, which cultivates compassion and equanimity. Votes: 0
Sarah MacLeanWe should only affect compassion, and carefully avoid having any. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldSometimes, in difficult circumstances, one can confuse compassion with love. Votes: 0
Carlos Ruiz ZafonA religious man is a person ... whose greatest passion is compassion. Votes: 0
Abraham Joshua HeschelThe compassion of Christlike friends deeply touches and changes our lives. Votes: 0
Joseph B. WirthlinThe law has no compassion. And justice is administered without compassion. Votes: 0
Christopher Darden...writers, like priests, should have compassion...and a sensitivity to pain... Votes: 0
John GeddesThe practice of radical forgiveness, the extension of compassion-this is grace. Votes: 0
Jiulio Consiglio...it's what charity truly means, that compassion for each other's vulnerability Votes: 0
Sally BramptonNormal: lacking in taste, compassion, understanding, kindness, and ordinary human decency. Votes: 0
Frank PortmanEssential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion. Votes: 0
Arnold BennettA woman should always challenge our respect, and never move our compassion. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonThere are these amazing little seeds called compassion. You should grow some. Votes: 0
Richelle E. GoodrichWords matter, but what matters more than words is forgiveness and compassion. Votes: 0
Shannon L. Alder...with the power of compassion there is nothing that cannot be accomplished. Votes: 0
Dilgo Khyentse RinpocheBiblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world. Votes: 0
Francis SchaefferHumanity's collective mission in the cosmos lies in the practice of compassion. Votes: 0
Daisaku IkedaFrom the sea of effortlessness, let your great uncaused compassion shine forth. Votes: 0
Hakuin EkakuThere is nothing more ugly than an orthodoxy without understanding or compassion. Votes: 0
Francis SchaefferThe elasticity of imagination and compassion is what writing and reading promote. Votes: 0
Julia AlvarezWhen you have learned compassion for yourself, compassion for others is automatic. Votes: 0
Henepola GunaratanaAcceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me. Votes: 0
Lady GagaLiberals measure compassion by counting the number of people receiving government help. Votes: 0
Rush LimbaughLove and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive. Votes: 0
Dalai Lama XIVI think technology really increased human ability. But technology cannot produce compassion. Votes: 0
Dalai LamaI think technology really increased human ability, but technology cannot produce compassion. Votes: 0
Dalai LamaJesus conveyed the impression of complete love, compassion, kindness, and infinite patience. Votes: 0
Mary C. NealForgiveness, compassion, and kindness are the fundamental ingredients of our beloved humanity. Votes: 0
Debasish MridhaI pick the hair from her eyes and watch her misery with compassion. Votes: 0
William Carlos WilliamsWhat value has compassion that does not take its object in its arms? Votes: 0
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyWe enjoy observing kindness and compassion in others; while we act as evils. Votes: 0
M.F. MoonzajerTrue compassion sees each person as a brother or sister and acts accordingly. Votes: 0
Dillon BurroughsWhen you feel compassion, you dethrone yourself from the centre of the world. Votes: 0
Karen ArmstrongThe sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice. Votes: 0
Frans de WaalSHOW THE WORLD YOUR STRONG COMPASSION!GIVE YOUR VOICE TO VOICELESS KOBANE KIDS! Votes: 0
Widad AkrawiWhatever life presents us, our response can be an expression of our compassion. Votes: 0
Sharon SalzbergWe should fill the syllabuses of schools with lessons about love and compassion. Votes: 0
Mata AmritanandamayiResilience is based on compassion for ourselves as well as compassion for others Votes: 0
Sharon SalzbergSHOW THE WORLD YOUR STRONG COMPASSION: GIVE YOUR VOICE TO VOICELESS YAZIDI GIRLS! Votes: 0
Widad AkrawiTechnology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings. Votes: 0
Bill GatesThey learned no compassion from their own anguish. thus their suffering was wasted. Votes: 0
Betty SmithThe highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion. Votes: 0
Richard P. FeynmanTradesmen regard an author with a mixed feeling of terror, compassion and curiosity. Votes: 0
Honore de BalzacYour friend, your enemy, your neutral all are equal. Genuine compassion is unbiased. Votes: 0
Dalai LamaPerhaps fate isn't blind after all. Perhaps it's capable of fantasy, even compassion. Votes: 0
Elie WieselWhat is fundamentally beautiful is compassion: for yourself and for those around you. Votes: 0
Lupita Nyong'oLove, gratitude, compassion, and kindness are the sources of all enduring, pure happiness. Votes: 0
Debasish MridhaHappiness is an inner perception. It comes from simplicity, kindness, love, and compassion. Votes: 0
Debasish Mridhathe knowledge of personal failure ... is the invaluable predicate of all honest compassion. Votes: 0
Anne TruittBe mindful of clickbait - sensational stories designed to humiliate. Click with compassion. Votes: 0
Monica LewinskyAs we practice meditation we are bringing forth ease, presence, compassion, wisdom & trust. Votes: 0
Sharon SalzbergWisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. Votes: 0
ConfuciusWisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of man. Votes: 0
ConfuciusAwakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path. Votes: 0
Tara BrachThis is a place for ordinary human compassion of the kind that is reconciling Votes: 0
Richard ChartresAfter all I've seen, if I hadn't learned compassion, I wouldn't be worth much. Votes: 0
Stephenie MeyerReal compassion means to understand what the needs for body, mind and soul are. Votes: 0
Radhanath SwamiThere is no rain beyond the clouds; there is no humanity beyond the compassion! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanI committed to doing everything I could to put compassion on the scientific map. Votes: 0
Richard DavidsonIn order to have compassion for others, we have to have compassion for ourselves. Votes: 0
Pema ChodronSarcasm and compassion are two of the qualities that make life on Earth tolerable. Votes: 0
Nick HornbyLook Back in forgiveness, forward in hope, down in compassion and up in gratitude. Votes: 0
Zig ZiglarKindness and compassion toward all living things is the mark of a civilized society. Votes: 0
Cesar ChavezWhat if compassion is also profitable? What if compassion is also good for business? Votes: 0
Chade-Meng TanBut compassion isn't about solutions. It's about giving all the love that you've got. Votes: 0
Cheryl StrayedSince its inception, our Nation has stood on the foundations of compassion and justice. Votes: 0
Mike DeWineLove is the ultimate state of human being where compassion prevails and kindness rules. Votes: 0
Harbhajan Singh YogiTrue compassion is universal in scope. It is accompanied by a feeling of responsibility. Votes: 0
Dalai LamaI've been accused of lacking compassion. But that just shows I'm not without compassion. Votes: 0
Vince LombardiTo please God, live a godly life and nurture kindness, compassion, justice, and humility. Votes: 0
Jim GeorgeCold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion between supposed lovers Votes: 0
Maynard James KeenanYou never get anywhere until you figure out the difference between passion and compassion. Votes: 0
Cynthia HeimelClose your eyes, forget everything that hurts you and dream love, kindness and compassion. Votes: 0
M.F. MoonzajerTranscend your abuse and transform it into a source of courage, creativity and compassion. Votes: 0
Adeline Yen MahThere's nothing wrong with the free-enterprise system. But it has to have some compassion. Votes: 0
Jim McDermottHave respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything. Votes: 0
Jack KornfieldWhen it comes to love, compassion, and other feelings of the heart, I am rich. Votes: 0
Muhammad AliIt is better that a judge should lean on the side of compassion than severity. Votes: 0
Miguel de CervantesThe path to guidance is one of love and compassion, not of force and coercion. Votes: 0
Siyyid `Ali Muhammad ShiraziHow can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion? Votes: 0
ThiruvalluvarIt is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Votes: 0
Zachary QuintoThose who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion. Votes: 0
Nhat HanhYOU MUST LEARN THE COMPASSION PROPER TO YOUR TRADE" "And what's that?" "A SHARP EDGE. Votes: 0
Terry PratchettThe wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty. Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonCharity alone, or love and compassion, is what joins [the Lord and a person] together. Votes: 0
Emanuel SwedenborgYou can relate to somebody's pain and you have compassion, which can lead to intimacy. Votes: 0
Jeff BridgesRighteous is the one who was able to demonstrate compassion in face of human suffering. Votes: 0
Aleksander KwasniewskiDeveloping compassion and wisdom and helping those in need is the true meaning of life. Votes: 0
Geshe Kelsang GyatsoLife, I fancy, would very often be insupportable, but for the luxury of self compassion. Votes: 0
George GissingSharing is Caring - Teaching our children to share is teaching them compassion and love. Votes: 0
Kevin HeathIf we would see others as they see themselves, our shyness would soon become compassion. Votes: 0
Robert BreaultAs a physician, we heal by sharing our bestowed power of knowledge, love, and compassion. Votes: 0
Debasish MridhaYou have to have empathy, knowledge and compassion for your characters if you're a writer. Votes: 0
Paul Haggisyou need power only to do something harmful.otherwise love is enough,compassion is enough. Votes: 0
OshoTrue compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason. Votes: 0
Dalai LamaIt is sometimes difficult to view compassion and loving kindness as the strengths they are. Votes: 0
Sharon SalzbergWe canât practice compassion with other people if we canât treat ourselves kindly. Votes: 0
Brené BrownWhen there's that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier. Votes: 0
Craig T. NelsonOne thing everyone seems to agree on is that Republicans face a perceived compassion deficit. Votes: 0
Gary BauerWhen the Sun of compassion arises darkness evaporates and the singing birds come from nowhere. Votes: 0
Amit RayThose who do not forgive history are assigned to repeat it until compassion replaces judgment. Votes: 0
Alan CohenBeing a good neighbour is about compassion, which is as warm-blooded as justice is cool-headed. Votes: 0
Julian BagginiTim Curley and Gary Schultz operate at the highest levels of honesty, integrity and compassion. Votes: 0
Graham SpanierIt is one thing to be a virtuoso, but a different thing to play with compassion. Votes: 0
Vijay IyerI believe that animals are on the planet so that we can know love and compassion. Votes: 0
Louise HayI have no particular love for my species, but own to an exhaustless fund of compassion Votes: 0
Dorothea DixWe have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love. Votes: 0
Jane GoodallYou become good at what you practise, basketball, anger or compassion, it is up to you! Votes: 0
KamonI believe in continuing to put love and kindness and compassion and art into the world. Votes: 0
Nicole KidmanOur lack of compassion stems from our inability to see deeply into the nature of things. Votes: 0
Surya DasNot feeling compassion for a stranger is like not feeling when one's foot has caught fire Votes: 0
ConfuciusFor pain must enter into its glorified life of memory before it can turn into compassion. Votes: 0
George EliotYou can't change a regime on the basis of compassion. There's got to be something harder. Votes: 0
Nadine GordimerOur most effective response to terror and to hatred is compassion to unity, and it's love. Votes: 0
Loretta LynchWhat is of most moment of compassion is not feelings of pity but feelings of togetherness. Votes: 0
Matthew FoxYour suffering is here to help you unfold and to awaken into compassion, love and strength. Votes: 0
Bryant McGillShe bludgeoned me with a look of such limitless compassion that I immediately began to cry. Votes: 0
Miranda JulyHonesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, but honesty with compassion. Votes: 0
Brooke ShieldsTrue compassion is not about giving or taking. True compassion is doing just what is needed. Votes: 0
Jaggi VasudevThe measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis. Votes: 0
Thurgood MarshallTrue compassion means not only feeling another's pain but also being moved to help relieve it. Votes: 0
Daniel GolemanNature has no compassion. Nature accepts no excuses and the only punishment it knows is death. Votes: 0
Eric HofferI believe that yoga should lead us to a place where kindness and compassion are instantaneous. Votes: 0
Judith Hanson LasaterDavid Eckman is a man you can trust... His teaching resonates with God's wisdom and compassion Votes: 0
Stu WeberI use my job to engage empathy and compassion for people society might stereotype or ostricise. Votes: 0
Michael K. WilliamsThe beginner's mind is the mind of compassion. When our mind is compassionate, it is boundless. Votes: 0
Shunryu SuzukiA holiday is for kindness, compassion, love, and holiness; it is not for laziness or craziness. Votes: 0
Debasish MridhaThere is no substitute for love and caring and compassion and human beings helping one another. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonOur challenge is to find the compassion for others that we want them to have for us. Votes: 0
Sally KohnI think that fiction has a part to play in urging us, as a species, toward compassion, Votes: 0
George SaundersWe can bring a heart of understanding and compassion to a world that needs it so much. Votes: 0
Jack KornfieldSociety needs both justice and compassion, a head and a heart, if it is to be civilised. Votes: 0
Julian BagginiIt is important to me to instill in [kids] a sense of compassion and respect for others. Votes: 0
Adriana LimaIf you show this devious little liar one atom's worth of compassion I will have you shot. Votes: 0
Elizabeth WeinLove and accept everyone for who they are, for where they are in life. That is compassion. Votes: 0
Kristi BowmanIt is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance. Votes: 0
Dalai LamaWe may learn anew what compassion and beauty are, and pause to listen to the Earth's music. Votes: 0
David R. BrowerAs Christians, our compassion is simply a response to the love that God has already shown us. Votes: 0
Steven Curtis ChapmanIt's hard to tell what's true compassion, when it's dressed up in hair and nails and fashion. Votes: 0
Edwin McCainI feel certain that words can be as human as people, alive with the breath of compassion. Votes: 0
Margarita EngleOur God is known for His compassion for the needy; let us be known for it as well. Votes: 0
Dillon BurroughsFor the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world. Votes: 0
Gautama BuddhaI take the greatest lesson from compassion - it takes away all the conceit out of my life. Votes: 0
Sri ChinmoyI want to be a man who mixes strengths and compassion. That's my magic elixir, so to speak. Votes: 0
Terry CrewsAlthough the big word on the left is 'compassion,' the big agenda on the left is dependency. Votes: 0
Thomas SowellOur task is to widen our circle of compassion to include all living beings and all of nature Votes: 0
Albert EinsteinIn Islam, all living things have souls. We are made pure by the fire of the lord compassion. Votes: 0
John SpeedMuch less than a man, a little bit more than a jackal! This is the person without compassion! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanNow that I understand that I'm an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it. Votes: 0
EminemOf course we have compassion. We just don't believe the safety net should be used as a hammock. Votes: 0
Allen WestHuman compassion is equal to human cruelty, and it is up to each of us to tip the balance. Votes: 0
Alice WalkerNo-one knows what the soul is. But what we do know is, the soul is where God works compassion Votes: 0
Meister EckhartCulture now spreads at central nervous system speed. Itâs a shame that compassion doesnât.
Dean CavanaghI don't think we find compassion. I think we become the space that compassion wants to live in.
Judith Hanson LasaterIn the collective psyche it is being understood... that we can cultivate wisdom and compassion.
Tara BrachIf we could see the whole truth of any situation, our only response would be one of compassion.
Yongey Mingyur RinpocheI have found that the greatest degree of inner peace comes from cultivating love and compassion.
Dalai LamaAn effective apology focuses more on compassion for the victim than redemption for the offender.
John KadorThe quickest way to create a boy or man who lacks compassion is to judge and shame his feelings.
Michael GurianBut a compassion for that which is not and cannot be useful and lovely, is degrading and futile.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWe should fund the armies of compassion, we should not discriminate against faith-based programs.
George W. BushLynching is the method of vulgar men! He who is deprived of compassion is deprived of everything!
Mehmet Murat ildanHave compassion for yourself when you write. There is no failure - just a big field to wander in.
Natalie GoldbergLet us fill our hearts with our own compassion - towards ourselves and towards all living beings.
Nhat HanhThe greatest threat to compassion is the temptation to succumb to fantasies of moral superiority.
Stephen BatchelorMy message is always the same: to cultivate and practice love, kindness, compassion and tolerance.
Dalai LamaI want audiences to look at adolescent delinquents with greater understanding and more compassion.
Emmanuelle BercotShallow understanding accompanies poor compassion; great understanding goes with great compassion.
Nhat HanhListen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love
RumiSpirituality is allowing compassion and love to flourish. When belongness begins, corruption ends.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarLet`s choose each day and every day to keep an attitude of faith and joy and belief and compassion.
Charles R. SwindollThe cultivation of compassion is no longer a luxury, but a necessity, if our species is to survive.
Dalai LamaThose who believe patriotism to be the last refuge of the scoundrel have underestimated compassion.
Emmett TyrrellBe a lamp unto yourselves! Work out your liberation with diligence! Fill your mind with compassion!
Gautama BuddhaMay I hold myself in compassion. May I meet the suffering and ignorance of others with compassion.
Gautama BuddhaIf we transform our ordinary mind into love and compassion we will naturally act in a positive way.
Geshe Kelsang GyatsoOur brokenness has no other beauty but the beauty that comes from the compassion that surrounds it.
Henri NouwenCompassion refers to the arising in the heart of the desire to relieve the suffering of all beings.
Ram DassBy compassion we make others' misery our own, and so, by relieving them, we relieve ourselves also.
Thomas BrowneWhen a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.
Alan PerlisCompassion, forgiveness, these are the real, ultimate sources of power for peace and success in life
Dalai LamaA generous heart, kind speech, & a life of service & compassion are the things which renew humanity.
Gautama BuddhaIf compassion and mercy are not compatible with politics then something is the matter with politics.
Gerald R. FordSpirituality, a defended person has no room for love or compassion-he is too busy defending himself.
John PierrakosCompassion can shoulder the suffering of the entire world without feeling the slightest bit of pain.
Mata AmritanandamayiI would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain. Votes: 3 Thomas Aquinas
Both my wife and I have a lot of compassion for animals in general. Votes: 4 Biz Stone
Loving life is a two-way street... We don't receive care and compassion if we don't extend them to others. Votes: 4 George Shinn
Our leaders are cruel because only those willing to be inordinately cruel and remorseless can hold positions of leadership in the foreign policy establishment. People capable of expressing a full human measure of compassion and empathy toward faraway powerless strangers do not become president of the United States, or vice president, or secretary of state, or national security adviser or secretary of the treasury. Nor do they want to. Votes: 4 William Blum
Hamdi Ulukaya and Chobani have made the decision to feed 250,000 victims of the Somali famine. Their compassion speaks for itself, and is a shining example of how the business community can have an enormous positive impact on the world. Votes: 1 Amanda Lindhout
When you have learned compassion for yourself, compassion for others is automatic. Votes: 7 Henepola Gunaratana
Positive, truthful and helping people always get rewards. Oneness, love, compassion and enlightenment can be attained by following the spiritual laws of the universe." -Hina Hashmi Votes: 3 Hina Hashmi
Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. Votes: 1 Confucius
For the past 25 years as an adoption attorney, I have witnessed the extraordinary courage and compassion of women - from age 14 to 40 - facing unplanned pregnancy. Not once did I believe that the government should interfere with their personal and private decision. Votes: 5 Ann McLane Kuster
Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future. Votes: 2 Nelson Mandela
Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion. Votes: 2 Dalai Lama
It is sometimes difficult to view compassion and loving kindness as the strengths they are. Votes: 1 Sharon Salzberg
Humankind seems to have an enormous capacity for savagery, for brutality, for lack of empathy, for lack of compassion. Votes: 3 Annie Lennox
The light of compassion opens the petals of the heart. When the petals of the heart unfold fragrance spreads across the valley. Votes: 3 Amit Ray
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. Votes: 4 Dalai Lama
If you don't love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others. Votes: 2 Dalai Lama
My mother is a ball of fire in the world, and I love that about her. But what I have learned from my stepdad is something as important, which is patience and compassion. Because when you are living with someone else, those two qualities go a long way. Votes: 5 Justin Timberlake
Self-compassion-being supportive and kind to yourself, especially in the face of stress and failure-is associated with more motivation and better self-control. Votes: 4 Kelly McGonigal
Life is all about choices. Today, show compassion for others, think powerful thoughts, and exercise self control. Votes: 5 Bradford Winters
You have to take strength from the people that love you and the people that love Barbara and the huge number of expressions of sympathy and compassion and support. That has been extremely moving. Votes: 5 Ted Olson