Compassion Quotes

"It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. It is in our follies that we are one."

- Jerome K. Jerome

"I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights."

- Desmond Tutu

"A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason."

- William R. Alger

"If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world."

- Oscar Wilde

"Did He not find you as an orphan then sheltered you?"

- Quran 93:6

"Do not worship except Allah ; and to parents do good and to relatives, orphans, and the needy. And speak to people good [words] and establish prayer and give zakah."

- Surah Baqarah Ayat 83

"“And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.” Ayat 17"

- Quran

""My mercy embraces all things" (Surah Al-A'raf 7:156)"

- Quran

"The human being is part of the whole, called by us the 'universe', a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest--a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."

- Albert Einstein

"All beings tremble before violence. All fear death. All love life. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do? He who seeks happiness By hurting those who seek happiness Will never find happiness. For your brother and sister are like you. They want to be happy. Never harm them. And when you leave this life You too will find happiness."

- Buddha

"Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS."

- Nelson Mandela

"You gotta love dads. At my wedding, when I tripped on my wedding dress and fell flat on my face, Dad said, “Don’t worry, you’ll do better next time.”"

- Melanie White

"He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh."

- Koran

"I will not rescue you. For you are not powerless. I will not fix you. For you are not broken. I will not heal you. For I see you, in your wholeness. I will walk with you through the darkness. As you remember your light."

- Sheree Bliss Tilsley

"I believe we must press on while giving ourselves permission to feel disheartened at times. Living with chronic diseases is hard enough–there’s no need to pressure ourselves to be strong all the time. It’s not an easy situation, so it’s OK to feel overwhelmed."

- Emily Orwell

"Soften, soothe and allow. You can use these three words like a mantra, reminding yourself to incline with tenderness toward your suffering."

- Kristin Neff & Chris Germer

"We are bigger than our pain; we are also the love holding the pain."

- Kristin Neff

"Bring your attention to the pain as if you were gently comforting a child, holding it all in a loving and soothing attention."

- Jack Kornfield

"The pain cannot be ignored or wished away. But underneath the clanging noise of the pain there is a deep wholeness that can be re-inhabited if, just for a moment, we could approach willingly, sense precisely and befriend tenderly the body that seems to be letting us down so badly."

- Mark Williams

"You don’t need a reason to help people."

- Zidane Tribal

"I am not handsome but I can give my hand to someone who need help... Because beauty is required in heart not in face...."

- APJ Abdul Kalam Azad.

"When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares."

- Henri Nouwen

"Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams."

- Henry David Thoreau

"Oh, he's just a little bit shy, and he hates ya for killing his flowers."

- Tow Mater

"Don't you worry, pal. You had a good run."

- Jackson Storm

"Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circumstance could change and you may need it."

- Germany Kent

"There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things we could use."

- Mother Teresa

"Our task must be to free ourselves ... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty."

- Albert Einstein

"Words, however kind, can't mend your heartache: but those who care and share your loss wish you comfort and peace of mind."

"The phrase "there are no words" seems like the only thing that fits right now. I cannot fathom what you're going through, but I love you and am thinking of you."

- Anonymous