Compassion Quotes

Once we are honest about our feelings, we can invite ourselves to consider alternative modes of viewing our pain and can see that releasing our grip on anger and resentment can actually be an act of self-compassion.

Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.

Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers.

Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts.

It is awareness of both our shared pain and our longing for happiness that links us to other people and helps us to turn toward them with compassion.

This is my letter to the world that never wrote to me.

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.

Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.

We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.