Compassion Quotes

"Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'"

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances ... which make philanthropy necessary."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’"

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Compassion does not just happen. Pity does, but compassion is not pity. It's not a feeling. Compassion is a viewpoint, a way of life, a perspective, a habit that becomes a discipline - and more than anything else, compassion is a choice we make that love is more important than comfort or convenience."

- Glennon Doyle Melton

"When her pain is fresh and new, let her have it. Don’t try to take it away. Forgive yourself for not having that power. Grief and pain are like joy and peace; they are not things we should try to snatch from each other. They’re sacred. they are part of each person’s journey. All we can do is offer relief from this fear: I am all alone. That’s the one fear you can alleviate."

- Glennon Doyle Melton

"If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years."

- Bertrand Russell