Compassion Quotes And Sayings

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“I choose kindness… I will be kind to the poor, for they are alone. Kind to the rich, for they are afraid. And kind to the unkind, for such is how God has treated me.’
– Max Lucado

“[E]very day you should reach out and touch someone.  People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.”
– Maya Angelou

“Don’t be yourself – be someone a little nicer.”
– Mignon McLaughlin

“We always prefer war on our own terms to peace on someone else’s.”
– Mignon McLaughlin

“The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”
– Nelson Henderson

“Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight.  Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward.  Your life will never be the same again.”
– Og Mandino

“He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and merciful.”
– Psalm 111:4 

“But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.”
– Psalm 86:15 

“It is important that when we are engaged in admonition or exhortation or confrontation with a brother who is overcome in sin, we call attention to the truth in an extraordinarily compassionate and tender and loving spirit.”
– R.C. Sproul

“Life is short but there is always time for courtesy.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Treat everyone you meet as if they are God in drag.”
– Ram Dass

“Love thy neighbor, and if it requires that you bend your understanding of the truth, the Truth will understand.”
– Robert Brault

“There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment.”
– Robert Brault

“Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.”
– Robert Brault

“Always carry with you a little reasonable doubt, should you meet someone who needs to be found innocent.”
– Robert Brault

“What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness; but love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or they be black.”
– Robert F. Kennedy

“Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.”
– Romans 12:15

“During my second year of nursing school our professor gave us a quiz.  I breezed through the questions until I read the last one:  “What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?”  Surely this was a joke.  I had seen the cleaning woman several times, but how would I know her name?  I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank.  Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our grade.  “Absolutely,” the professor said.  “In your careers, you will meet many people.  All are significant.  They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say hello.”  I’ve never forgotten that lesson.  I also learned her name was Dorothy.”
– Rudyard Kipling

“A kind word is like a Spring day.”
– Russian Proverb

“Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances.”
– Saint Vincent de Paul

“Getting money is not all a man’s business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.”
– Samuel Johnson

“Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.”
– Samuel Johnson

“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”
– Seneca

“One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.”
– Simone de Beauvoir

“…when we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings.”
– Sogyal Rinpoche

“We often think of peace as the absence of war; that if the powerful countries would reduce their arsenals, we could have peace. But if we look deeply into the weapons, we see our own minds – our prejudices, fears, and ignorance. Even if we transported all the bombs to the moon, the roots of war and the reasons for bombs would still be here, in our hearts and minds, and sooner or later we would make new bombs. Seek to become more aware of what causes anger and separation, and what overcomes them. Root out the violence in your life, and learn to live compassionately and mindfully.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh

“When we come into contact with the other person, our thoughts and actions should express our mind of compassion, even if that person says and does things that are not easy to accept. We practice in this way until we see clearly that our love is not contingent upon the other person being lovable.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh

“I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it.”
– Thomas Aquinas

“By compassion we make others’ misery our own, and so, by relieving them we relieve ourselves also.”
– Thomas Browne, Sr.

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