Quotes about Compassion

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive.He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love

We must combine the toughness of the serpent and the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.

I am tired of seeing people battered and bruised and bloody, injured and jumped on, along the Jericho Roads of life.

A fortune for one man that was more than he needed should not be build on ten thousand ruined men who were left without the means of life.

A wondrous subtle thing is love, for here were we two, who had never seen each other before that day, between whom no word or even look of affection had ever passed, and yet now in an hour of trouble our hands instinctively sought for each other.

I have wrought my simple plan If I give one hour of joy To the boy who's half a man, Or the man who's half a boy.

universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.

Boundless compassion for all living beings is the surest and most certain guarantee of pure moral conduct, and needs no casuistry. Whoever is filled with it will assuredly injure no one, do harm to no one, encroach on no man's rights; he will rather have regard for every one, forgive every one, help every one as far as he can, and all his actions will bear the stamp of justice and loving-kindness.

It can truly be said: Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.

Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.

The power of religious dogma, when inculcated early, is such as to stifle conscience, compassion, and finally every feeling of humanity.

For boundless compassion for all living beings is the firmest and most certain guarantee of moral good conduct and requires no casuistry. Whoever is filled with it will certainly injure no one, infringe on no one, do no one harm, rather, forbear everyone, forgive everyone, help everyone as much as he can, and all his actions will carry the imprint of justice and loving kindness.