Compassion Quotes - Page 95

Genuine happiness and compassion go hand in hand.

I truly believe that compassion provides the basis of human survival.

Ultimately, the decision to save the environment must come from the human heart. The key point is a call for a genuine sense of universal responsibility that is based on love, compassion and clear awareness.

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

When we develop a right attitude of compassion and gratitude, we take a giant step towards solving our personal and international problems

Compassion is concern of others' well being.

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.

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

Once you encourage the thought of compassion in your mind, once it becomes active, then your attitude towards others changes automatically.

I don't think human affection and compassion are just religious concerns; they're indispensable factors in our day-to-day lives.

Compassion, along with love, is the face of altruism.

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

True compassion is universal in scope. It is accompanied by a feeling of responsibility.

The essence of all religions is love, compassion, and tolerance. Kindness is my true religion. The clear proof of a person's love of God is if that person genuinely shows love to fellow human beings.

Just as compassion is the wish that all sentient beings be free of suffering, loving-kindness is the wish that all may enjoy happiness.

Love and compassion ... are the ultimate source of human happiness, and the need for them lies at the very core of our being.

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

Humanity's collective mission in the cosmos lies in the practice of compassion.

How to forgive a murderer? First, by differentiating his sufferings from his exploitation of death to ease them. For his sufferings - greed, jealousy, frustration - he will need reeducation, support and, compassion. For our outrage about murder, we need to examine deeply our faith in death. As long as we collectively believe that death has power over life, we will spawn deluded, self-appointed little gods who want that power.

Compassion--that's the one thing no machine ever had. Maybe it's the one thing that keeps man ahead of them.

For me the prophetic has to do with mustering the courage to love, to empathize, to exercise compassion, and to be committed to justice.

The habit of shedding blood, or even of seeing it shed, corrupts all sentiment of humanity.

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.

I use the word power broadly. Even more important than military and economic power is the power of ideas, the power of compassion, and the power of hope.

If you're deeply engaged in an event, you're part of it. But if you're outside of it, disinterested, you are the regard that registers history. And that disinterestedness is different from objectivity. The objective view sees only the event, while the disinterested one participates as well as views by creating that link to history. It's a type of viewing that's both inside and out of the event, that brings to the viewing the capacity for human emotion, for compassion, but holds it openly. And objectivity excludes the human element, and is therefore not a point of view open to humans.