Compassion Quotes

"Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t appreciate kindness and compassion."

- Dalai Lama

"A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward."

- William John Bennett

"In compassion, when we feel with the other, we dethrone ourselves from the center of our world and we put another person there."

- Karen Armstrong

"Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It’s the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else’s pain is as meaningful as your own."

- Barbara Kingsolver

"Empathy is a connection; it’s a ladder out of the shame hole."

- Brené Brown

"Let our hearts be stretched out in compassion toward others, for everyone is walking his or her own difficult path."

- Dieter F. Uchtdorf

"When we match compassion with purpose, we being to conquer the world."

- Zachariah Thompson

"There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate."

- Bishop Robert South

"When we’re looking for compassion, we need someone who is deeply rooted, is able to bend and, most of all, embraces us for our strengths and struggles."

- Brené Brown

"Humanity’s collective mission in the cosmos lies in the practice of compassion."

- Dalsaku Ikeda

"Compassion is about giving all the love that you’ve got."

- Cheryl Strayed

"Look for a way to lift someone up. And if that’s all you do, that’s enough."

- Elizabeth Lesser

"With compassion one becomes courageous. Compassion brings triumph when attacked; it brings security when maintained."

- Tao Te Ching

"Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation."

- Henry Ward Beecher

"Out of compassion, I destroy the darkness of their ignorance. From within them I light the lamp of wisdom and dispel all darkness from their lives."

- Bhagavad Gita

"Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength."

- Dalai Lama

"And as I’ve gotten older, I’ve had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things."

- Martin Scorsese

"People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone."

- Audrey Hepburn

"Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicization of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanization of politics."

- Audrey Hepburn

"People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed; never throw out anyone."

- Audrey Hepburn

"We hang out, we help one another, we tell one another our worst fears and biggest secrets, and then just like real sisters, we listen and don’t judge."

- Adriana Trigiani

"Compassion and empathy are powerful forces in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Let us use them to break down barriers and create a more inclusive world."

- Kiyoshi Kuromiya

"HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug; Heaven knows they need it."

- Princess Diana

"I don’t think you should be ashamed of anybody you know that has AIDS. You should stand as close to them as you can and help them out as much as you can. I’m a strong believer in that and that’s why I try to do that for everyone I know has the virus."

- Marsha P. Johnson

"The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another’s, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises."

- Leo Buscaglia

"He that plants trees, loves others besides himself."

- Thomas Fuller

"Be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud."

- Maya Angelou

"Thank you for being my partner in crime, my confidant, and my biggest supporter. I am so lucky to have you by my side."

- Sam Altwoman

"Use your voice for kindness, your ears for compassion, your hands for charity, your mind for truth, and your heart for love."

"It is a lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then there is no obstacle to opening our hearts and minds to others."