Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ram Dass

In the depth of the soul is the atman, the oversoul. And that oversoul is really love and compassion, peace, joy, and wisdom.

Ram Dass

You are joy, wisdom, peace, compassion, and love

We would like to expand our presence to other points of the compass east and west.

Kurt Vonnegut

God damn it, you've got to be kind.

Vandana Shiva

Earth Democracy connects people in circles of care, cooperation, and compassion instead of dividing them through competition and conflict, fear and hatred.

Davey Havok

I became a vegetarian out of compassion for animals and to live as healthy as possible. I realized soon after that I was truly concerned with nonviolent consumption and my own health, a vegan diet was the best decision.

Condoleezza Rice

For the United States, supporting international development is more than just an expression of our compassion. It is a vital investment in the free, prosperous, and peaceful international order that fundamentally serves our national interest.

Billy Graham

We must never minimize the suffering of another. Scripture's mandate to us is, "Weep with them that weep." (Romans 12:15, KJV)

Billy Graham

I have been asked hundreds of times in my life why God allows tragedy and suffering. I have to confess that I really do not know the answer totally, even to my own satisfaction. I have to accept, by faith, that God is sovereign, and He is a God of love and mercy and compassion in the midst of suffering.

Self-compassion is key because when we're able to be gentle with ourselves in the midst of shame, we're more likely to reach out, connect, and experience empathy.

To those who read my book, I hope to share the power of hope and compassion and the tremendous strength and peace that can be found in faith.

Dogen

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

Dogen

Refraining from all evil, not clinging to birth and death, working in deep compassion for all sentient beings, respecting those over you and pitying those below you, without any detesting or desiring, worrying or lamentation - this is what is called Buddha. Do not search beyond it.

John Gay

We only part to meet again. / Change, as ye list, ye winds; my heart shall be / The faithful compass that still points to thee.

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: / Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

George W. Bush

expressed our nation's deep concern and compassion for those who lost their lives.

We were so impressed with him, with his sincerity, his compassion and especially his passion for health care.

My compassion has led to my own demise. I guess the solution is that I don't rely on funds until I get them.

Luis Rodriguez

Usually, the girls just get two minutes on the phone, then they're off, ... This is different. Compassion is needed.

William Shakespeare

Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.

My sense is that since we have been there before, we have more compassion and understanding than maybe a lot of people would because we've had that experience,

One of the secrets of inner peace is the practice of compassion.

E. F. Schumacher

To organize work in such a manner that it becomes meaningless, boring, stultifying, or nerve-racking for the worker would be little short of criminal; it would indicate a greater concern with goods than with people, an evil lack of compassion and a soul-destroying degree of attachment to the most primitive side of this worldly existence.

Mahdi Bray

We're not trying to prove anything, other than what our faith requires us to do. What goes with our faith is to help others, to respond and show compassion when people need it, and I'm glad we can do it.

Albert Camus

I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.

Annie Besant

The misery we inflict on sentient beings slackens our human evolution.

Annie Lennox

Humankind seems to have an enormous capacity for savagery, for brutality, for lack of empathy, for lack of compassion.

Alexander Pope

In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend.

Albert Schweitzer

If the extension of your compassion does not include all living beings, then you will be unable to find peace by yourself.

Albert Schweitzer

All people are endowed with the faculty of compassion, and for this reason can develop the humanitarian spirit.

Debbie Ford

Each aspect within us needs understanding and compassion. If we are unwilling to give it to ourselves how can we expect the world to give it to us?

Debbie Ford

Compassion allows us to understand that, as citizens of the planet, we’re all in this together and that in order to ensure our survival we must hold and cultivate a new and larger vision of what’s possible for ourselves and for the human race as a whole.

Dylan McDermott

Once you understand that someone has Tourette and that they can't help their tics, it takes away the distraction. And you can engage your compassion. You feel for them. You embrace them.