Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bob Dylan

If you can't lend a hand, then get out of the way.

Bruce Friedrich

Every time I sit down to eat, I cast my lot: for mercy, against misery; for the oppressed, against the oppressor; and for compassion, against cruelty. There is a lot of suffering in the world, but how much suffering can be addressed with literally no time or effort on our part? We can just stop supporting it, by making different choices.

Brigid Brophy

"Sentimentalist" is the abuse with which people counter the accusation that they are cruel, thereby implying that to be sentimental is worse that to be cruel, which it isn't.

Brigham Young

The doctrines contained in the Bible will lift to a superior condition all who observe them; they will impart to them knowledge, wisdom, charity, fill them with compassion and cause them to feel after the wants of those who are in distress.

Brennan Manning

What makes the Kingdom come is heartfelt compassion: a way of tenderness that knows no frontiers, no labels, no compartmentalizing, and no sectarian divisions.

I now see how gifts like courage, compassion, and connection only work when they are exercised. Every day.

We can’t practice compassion with other people if we can’t treat ourselves kindly.

Jane Goodall

But let us not forget that human love and compassion are equally deeply rooted in our primate heritage, and in this sphere too our sensibilities are of a higher order of magnitude than those of chimpanzees.

Jane Goodall

We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.

Dennis Prager

The god of compassion is NOT the god of justice.

Dennis Prager

Compassion without wisdom is dangerous. It's what enables people to support the 'underdog,' even if the underdog is evil

Dean Koontz

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

Daniel Goleman

Compassion begins with attention.

Daniel Goleman

Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection - or compassionate action.

Ben Stein

Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place- science leads you to killing people.

Barbara Ehrenreich

The media have just buried the last yuppie, a pathetic creature who had not heard the news that the great pendulum of public consciousness has just swung from Greed to Compassion and from Tex-Mex to meatballs

Bernie Siegel

God wants us to know that life is a series of beginnings, not endings. Just as graduations are not terminations, but commencements. Creation is an ongoing process, and when we create a perfect world where love and compassion are shared by all, suffering will cease.

Mr. Kushner said he has great sympathy and compassion for the governor, and his heart goes out to him.

Ben Parr

Difficult situations require compassion, level-headedness & the empathy to see issues from somebody else's perspective.

Ben Jonson

I see compassion may become a justice, though it be a weakness, I confess, and nearer a vice than a virtue.

Earl Nightingale

Our rewards in life will always be in exact proportion to the amount of consideration we show toward others.

Deepak Chopra

There is a need for everyone's brain to be imprinted with more self-enhancing impulses: the impulse to peace over violence, love over fear, compassion over selfishness.

Deepak Chopra

My definition of success is: 1.) The progressive realization of worthy goals 2.) The ability to love and have compassion 3.) To be in touch with the creative source within.

Deepak Chopra

When you expand your awareness, your energy flows freely. You're more flexible, balanced, and creative. You view yourself and the world with more compassion and understanding. You have more energy and are open to new possibilities.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

lead in promotion of spirituality and compassion for humanity.

Many times I'm overwhelmed by the compassion of the city,

Andre Maurois

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us, that the most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

Sharon Salzberg

We are taught that revenge is strong and compassion is weak. We are taught that power is more important than love.

Andrew Natsios

No one in USAID embodied the spirit of compassion and brotherhood that underpins our efforts more than Larry Foley.

Allan Bloom

The students [of the 60s] substituted conspicuous compassion for their parents conspicuous consumption.

Andrea Jung

Follow your compass, not your clock.

Alan Cohen

Those who do not forgive history are assigned to repeat it until compassion replaces judgment.

Alyssa Sutherland

When you're playing a character, as an actor or actress, you can't judge them for what they do. You really have to find what is in them that you have compassion for and fall in love with that character, regardless of what they do or how they behave.