Top 1200 Human Compassion Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

Compassion arises naturally as the quivering of the heart in the face of pain, ours and another's. True compassion is not limited by the separateness of pity, nor by the fear of being overwhelmed. When we come to rest in the great heart of compassion, we discover a capacity to bear witness to, suffer with, and hold dear with our own vulnerable heart the sorrows and beauties of the world.

The human capacity for compassion is not a reflex that is triggered automatically by the presence of another living thing.

We have to be a nation of compassion and some sort of humanity when it comes to the treatment of other human beings.

The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God's compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.

You know, when real trouble comes your humanity is awakened. The fundamental human experience is that of compassion.

Righteous is the one who was able to demonstrate compassion in face of human suffering.

Compassion is never compassion until you cross the street and go do something about it.

Love is the ultimate state of human being where compassion prevails and kindness rules.

In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes- courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, and so on - can be transmuted into ruthlessness. Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us. Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion, even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.

We shouldn't have been so scornful; we should have had compassion. But compassion takes work, and we were young.

I always believed in love, compassion and a sense of universal respect. Every human being has that potential.

I feel certain that words can be as human as people, alive with the breath of compassion.

Those who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion.

Compassion is not a dirty word.. it's time we rehabilitated compassion into the national political vocabulary of this great nation of ours.

Without satisfaction, you cannot have compassion. You have to be satisfied souls, then your compassion will act.

The lessons we have begun to learn make me hopeful, that human beings will become friendlier, more harmonious, less harmful. Compassion and the seeds of peace will be able to flourish. At the same time, every individual is responsible to help guide our global family in the right direction. Good wishes alone are not enough; we have to take responsibility. Large human movements spring from individual human initiatives

I've been accused of lacking compassion. But that just shows I'm not without compassion.

Relief of distress or compassion shown to victims of misfortune. A blessing that is an act of Divine compassion.

Compassion is the only one of the human emotions the Lord permitted Himself and it has carried the divine flavor ever since.

Normal: lacking in taste, compassion, understanding, kindness, and ordinary human decency.

Compassion is not sympathy. Compassion is mercy. It is a commitment to take responsibility for the suffering of others.

Some things have eternal value, and compassion is one of them. I hope we never lose that. Compassion for humans as well as animals.

There is no substitute for love and caring and compassion and human beings helping one another.

Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human.

Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.

On every level of human life, compassion is the key thing.

We have no compassion and we ask no compassion from you. When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror.

I've got to love the souls of people. Because I can't love every incarnation. I have to identify with my own soul. And then I can have such compassion for that soul who has an incarnation like George Bush. I feel compassion. That's karma of the here. Compassion and love, that's all.

As the human race, let's continue to show love, compassion, and respect towards one another.

I have always felt that the way we treat animals is a pretty good indicator of the compassion we are capable of for the human race.

Sometimes people feel disappointed when they hear about practicing compassion: "You mean I have to be nice?" It's kind of a letdown. We often overlook compassion, seeing it as merely a pit stop on the way to more advanced practices. We want something more; we don't even know what. But that's just a trick of our mind. One of the greatest teachings is to practice compassion.

In Buddhism, compassion always goes with wisdom. Compassion without wisdom is not understood to be true compassion, and wisdom without compassion is not true wisdom.

Wisdom is nothing more than the marriage of intelligence and compassion. And, as with all good unions, it takes much experience and time to reach its widest potential. Have you introduced your intellect to your compassion yet? Be careful; lately, intellect has taken to eating in front of the TV and compassion has taken in too many cats.

Australia is a nation of compassion. Courage and compassion. And the third of these great values: resilience.

Our compassion is the fruit of our spiritual lives; it actually arises spontaneously when formed by intention in our spiritual practice. Love and compassion are always the goods of the spiritual journey, and they are guided by divine wisdom, which then shapes compassion in the concrete situations of our existence.

To live out of understanding is compassion. Never try to practice it, simply relax deep into meditation. Be in a state of let-go in meditation and suddenly you will be able to smell the fragrance that is coming from your own innermost depth. Then the flower blossoms and compassion spreads. Meditation is the flower and compassion is its fragrance.

As a human being Plato mingles regal, exclusive, and self-contained features with melancholy compassion.

In the '80s and '90s, there was some degree of compassion for people with HIV because there was visible human suffering.

As we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others - what and whom we can work with, and how - becomes wider.

Clearly America is exceptional in its immorality, lack of human compassion, and disrespect for law and its founding document.

What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.

Relational trust is built on movements of the human heart such as empathy, commitment, compassion, patience, and the capacity to forgive.

I feel like my joy in life has intensified, (and) my compassion for people has just strengthened. I have compassion that I wouldn't have had before.

The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.

I truly believe that compassion provides the basis of human survival.

The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice.

The purpose of the journey is compassion. When you have come past the pairs of opposites, you have reached compassion.

The age of warrior kings and of warrior presidents has passed. The nuclear age calls for a different kind of leadership.... a leadership of intellect, judgment, tolerance and rationality, a leadership committed to human values, to world peace, and to the improvement of the human condition. The attributes upon which we must draw are the human attributes of compassion and common sense, of intellect and creative imagination, and of empathy and understanding between cultures.

Americans in general have a lot of compassion, we just don't always have the same view of how that compassion is implemented.

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

Don't ever think compassion is weak. Compassion is about strength.

A summons home to the nature that nourishes the best human qualities of creativity, intelligence, connection, and compassion.

Compassion is nothing one feels with the intellect alone. Compassion is particular; it is never general.

In my experience, people who are truly compassionate rarely use the word "compassion." Those who do talk compassion generally intend to be compassionate with your money, not their own. It's wrong for someone to confiscate your money, give it to someone else, and call that 'compassion'.

Resilience is based on compassion for ourselves as well as compassion for others

Witness the American ideal: the Self-Made Man. But there is no such person. If we can stand on our own two feet, it is because others have raised us up. If, as adults, we can lay claim to competence and compassion, it only means that other human beings have been willing and enabled to commit their competence and compassion to us--through infancy, childhood, and adolescence, right up to this very moment.

We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.

Compassion is good but politicians have turned compassion into the welfare state.

For compassion a human heart suffices, but for full and adequate sympathy, with joy, an angel's only.

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.