Quotes about Compassion

The real strength of a man is not in the size of his muscles, but in the size of his heart.

Love's light conquers hate's darkness.

A Muslim must not hate his wife and if he be displeased with one bad quality in her, then let him be pleased with another that is good.

Look for something good in each person, even if for some people you have to look a little harder.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

Treat everyone on Earth like you're staying in their home. Because you are.

Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother.

Who then can so softly bind up the wound of another as he who has felt the same wound himself.

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another

The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image.

Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.