Compassion Quotes

• The Pope, if nothing else, should be a Catholic. If he were to announce that women would make great priests, except it's a pity that more of them aren't gay, because of the greater compassion they could bring to the task, it might endear him to liberal Catholic commentators , but it would make him something other than a Catholic, in the true sense.

  

  Declan Lynch
  • Women
  • Sense
  • Catholic

• I often tease young people about their concern for how they look; more important is inner beauty - compassion, affection and respect.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • People
  • Important
  • Respect

• All the problems of the world - child labor, corruption - are symptoms of a spiritual disease: lack of compassion.

  

  Bill Vaughan
  • World
  • Children
  • Spiritual

• Forgiveness is the nature of my art in general. It's expressing love and compassion, the kinds of things that don't make sense in any other context other than emotive expression.

  

  Raymond Pettibon Black Flag
  • Art
  • Kind
  • Compassion

• I have little compassion for people in trailer parks who refuse to move after getting tornado warnings. How hard is it for them to relocate? Their houses have wheels.

  

  Carlos Mencia
  • House
  • Moving
  • Refuse

• To the extent that our experience of suffering reminds us of what everyone else also endures, it serves as a powerful inspiration to practice compassion and avoid causing others pain. And to the extent that suffering awakens our empathy and causes us to connect with others, it serves as the basis of compassion and love.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Love
  • Experience
  • Pain

• I am so proud of Michigan's citizens for the kindness and generosity they have shown in assisting in this endeavor. It is truly heartwarming to see the compassion shown for those in need.

  

  Jennifer Granholm
  • Proud
  • Kindness
  • Generosity

• I have observed that religious practice is not a precondition either of ethical conduct or of happiness itself. I have also suggested that, whether a person practices religion or not, the spiritual qualities of love and compassion, patience, tolerance, forgiveness, humility and so on are indispensable.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Religious
  • Spiritual
  • Practice

• If you take me out of it, I find 'six degrees' to be a beautiful concept that we should try to live by. It's about compassion and responsibility for everyone on the planet.

  

  Kevin Bacon
  • Live
  • Beautiful
  • Responsibility

• All I know for sure is that issues like race, like class, are always best approached with compassion and open-mindedness.

  

  Ezra Koenig
  • Compassion
  • Race
  • Class

• Compassion and justice are companions, not choices.

  

  William Sloane Coffin
  • Justice
  • Choices
  • Companion

• Because of his compassion Owen was always in trouble with his partners. They would have much preferred a tough, down-to-earth manager who would get a days work out of the little bastards.

  

  John Kenneth Galbraith
  • Work
  • Earth
  • Compassion

• There is no way to overstate the magnitude of the collective spiritual transformation that will occur when we shift from food of violent oppression to food of gentleness and compassion.

  

  Will Tuttle
  • Spiritual
  • Transformation
  • Oppression

• Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there," stop yourself. That thought is the problem.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Problem
  • Situation
  • Weakness

• 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.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Business
  • Peace
  • Religious

• All People and things are interdependent. The world has become so small that no nation can solve its problems alone, in isolation from others. That is why I believe we must all cultivate a sense of responsibility based on love and compassion for each other.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • People
  • World
  • Believe

• Where there's compassion, no heirarchy can exist. Where men are allowed to create themselves as equals, evil cannot thrive or survive.

  

  Dean Frazer
  • Men
  • Evil
  • Survive

• At this critical time, I am grateful to Sandra Bullock for once again demonstrating her leadership, compassion and belief in our global humanitarian mission. Sandra continues to enable our lifesaving work and is a model for personal generosity.

  

  Sandra Bullock
  • Belief
  • Grateful
  • Generosity

• It is in Rousseau's writing above all that history begins to turn from upper-class honour to middle-class humanitarianism. Pity, sympathy and compassion lie at the centre of his moral vision. Values associated with the feminine begin to infiltrate social existence as a whole, rather than being confined to the domestic sphere.

  

  Terry Eagleton
  • Writing
  • Vision
  • Moral

• Our compassion for one another, and our individual actions to help, is what makes our nation - and our community - great.

  

  Kevin Brady
  • Great
  • Help
  • Community

• I think everybody should have the same anger towards the injustice that's happening and the hatred that's happening, and just fight it with love and compassion.

  

  Ellen DeGeneres
  • Compassion

• The real test of compassion is not what we say in abstract discussions but how we conduct ourselves in daily life.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Life
  • Real
  • Hero

• A person who respects others is respected by others in return. Those who treat others with compassion and concern are protected and supported by others. Our environment is essentially a reflection of ourselves

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
  • Environment
  • Reflection
  • Return

• With genuine love and compassion, another person's appearance or behavior has no affect on your attitude.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Attitude
  • Compassion
  • Genuine Love

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