Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Nighy

One is that you legislate according to natural selection, the other is that you don't. You have compassion, you try and help people. It's a fundamental clash between two people who happen to love each other, which complicates everything.

Bernard Goldberg

Journalists love to show their compassion.

Thomas Merton

We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of men and irrational mania of those who hate or condemn us.

Everett Dirksen

The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion constitutionality is no match with compassion

Antonio Tarver

It's really a slap in the face to all those who have pumped him up and glorified him all these years and that's the media, ... He shows no compassion for the sport - the sport that made him a wealthy man, an icon. Shame on him.

I know the compassion that these people have. But from listening here tonight the main issues I hear are quantity. But I'm most concerned about quality. This ordinance is not intended to go after people like you. This is intended for people not following the rules.

I hope they know that the people on our street sincerely feel so much compassion for them.

I want to express awareness, support and compassion because people obviously are devastated and traumatized by what has happened," ()

The world saw this tidal wave of disaster and now they're going to see a tidal wave of compassion.

Jim McDermott

There's nothing wrong with the free-enterprise system, ... But it has to have some compassion.

What comes first, the compass or the clock? Before one can truly manage time (the clock), it is important to know where you are going, what your priorities and goals are, in which direction you are headed (the compass). Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what's urgent, learn to focus on what is really important.

Dorothy Gilman

It's compassion that makes gods of us.

Dalai Lama

When a person is in a miserable situation, then, yes, it is difficult to develop genuine compassion toward others. That's why I find it difficult to say to poor people, "Please have compassion toward millionaires." That's not easy.

Dalai Lama

The female biologically [has] more potential to show affection and compassion.

Dalai Lama

One scientist had discussions about love and compassion. Usually, he felt irritation. After our meeting, for some months, anger never come.

Dalai Lama

Compassion should be unbiased and based on the recognition that others have the right to happiness, just like you.

Dalai Lama

Certain beliefs must accompany every action: One should act without selfishness, cultivate compassion for all living things, and develop respect for others.

Dalai Lama

So long as space remains So long as sentient beings' Suffering remains I will remain In order to help, In order to serve.

Dalai Lama

One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counter-forces, like love and compassion.

Dalai Lama

On every level of human life, compassion is the key thing.

Dalai Lama

Compassion seems to be the greatest power.

Dalai Lama

I always believed in love, compassion, and a sense of universal respect. Every human being has that potential.

Dalai Lama

Through training there is knowledge. You can produce compassion, love, forgiveness. you can change yourself.

Dalai Lama

Contemplating the suffering which is unbearable to us, and is unbearable to others, too, can produce awake mind, which arises from the compassion that wishes to free all living beings from suffering.

Dalai Lama

The greatest antidote to insecurity & sense of fear is compassion. It brings one back to the basis of one's inner strength.

Dalai Lama

To reduce destructive emotions we need to strengthen constructive emotions. For example, to counter anger we cultivate love and compassion.

Dalai Lama

Scientists are discovering that while anger and hatred eat into our immune system, warm-heartedness and compassion are good for our health.

Dalai Lama

Genuine happiness and compassion go hand in hand.

Dalai Lama

I try to treat whoever I meet as an old friend. This gives me a genuine feeling of happiness. It is the practice of compassion.

Dalai Lama

Developing love and compassion and reducing anger and spite is a universal activity which requires no faith in any religion whatsoever

Dalai Lama

What acts as a far more effective circumstance for generating compassion and what, in fact, rouses us from our comfortable meditation seat is actually seeing or hearing others - encountering others directly, not just conceptually in our imagination.

Dalai Lama

Your friend, your enemy, your neutral all are equal. Genuine compassion is unbiased.

Dalai Lama

Love and compassion are the pillars of world peace.