Top 100 True Compassion Quotes
#1. One of the greatest things you can learn in life is to be compassionate, and true compassion includes compassion for yourself.
Bryant McGill
#2. Simply let experience take place very freely, so that your open heart is suffused with the tenderness of true compassion.
Tsoknyi Rinpoche
#3. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. Doc
Tavis Smiley
#4. Having true compassion for people isn't about the words that are spoken and the actions that are done. Having true compassion is an attitude from the heart that can't be faked.
Anna M. Aquino
#5. True compassion is not about giving or taking. True compassion is doing just what is needed.
Jaggi Vasudev
#6. It taught me that ... there can be no true humility and no true compassion where there is no courage.
Whittaker Chambers
#7. That's the only way we're going to get through these programs. That is true compassion. Having people become dependent on others is not compassion at all.
Benjamin Carson
#8. Often, we get crushes on others not because we truly love and understand them, but to distract ourselves from our suffering. When we learn to love and understand ourselves and have true compassion for ourselves, then we can truly love and understand another person.
Thich Nhat Hanh
#9. I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.
Mo Yan
#10. We must remain hopeful that for our children and our children's children, that we are not a warring nation, but we will embrace and practice true compassion and honor the ideals of peace and freedom, and we will not give up.
Jessica Lange
#11. The sickness of a family member, friend or neighbor is a call to Christians to demonstrate true compassion, that gentle and persevering sharing in another's pain.
Pope John Paul II
#12. In Buddhism, compassion always goes with wisdom. Compassion without wisdom is not understood to be true compassion, and wisdom without compassion is not true wisdom.
Masao Abe
#13. If we only practice compassion on the mind level, we run a great risk of our compassion being just talk. As we know, talk is cheap. To develop true compassion we have to put our money where our mouth is.
Gelek Rimpoche
#14. We can choose between the future and the past, between reason and ignorance, between true compassion and mere ideology.
Ron Reagan
#15. It is no kindness to treat unhappy people as helpless, hopeless, or inadequate, no matter what has happened to them. Kindness is having faith in the truth and that people can handle it and use it for their benefit. True compassion is helping people help themselves.
William Glasser
#16. True compassion is undirected & holds no conceptual focus. That kind of genuine, true compassion is only possible after realizing emptiness.
Tsoknyi Rinpoche
#17. Such sorrow - The cry of true compassion Sinks into my hard ego.
Taitetsu Unno
#18. If we develop a good heart we will progress to true compassion, and awaken Bodhicitta. This is the way of the Buddha's method.
Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
#19. True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.
Pema Chodron
#20. True compassion arises out of the plane of consciousness where I AM you.
Ram Dass
#21. We need you to be a father who can claim for himself the authority of true compassion.
Henri J.M. Nouwen
#22. True compassion is about not bruising the other person's self-respect.
Naoki Higashida
#23. Knowing the oneness of yourself and the other is true love, true care, true compassion.
Eckhart Tolle
#24. True compassion is more than throwing a coin to a beggar. It demands of our humanity that if we live in a society that produces beggars, we are morally commanded to restructure that society.
Martin Luther King Jr.
#25. True compassion means not only feeling another's pain but also being moved to help relieve it.
Daniel Goleman
#26. True compassion does not stem from the pleasure of feeling close to one person or another, but from the conviction that other people are just like me and want not to suffer but to be happy, and from a commitment to help them overcome what causes them to suffer.
Dalai Lama XIV
#27. True compassion sees each person as a brother or sister and acts accordingly.
Dillon Burroughs
#28. True compassion is universal in scope. It is accompanied by a feeling of responsibility.
Dalai Lama
#29. It's hard to tell what's true compassion, when it's dressed up in hair and nails and fashion.
Edwin McCain
#30. There is giving, and there is knowingness. Some have generosity and compassion but no true knowledge. Some have knowledge but no self-sacrifice. When both are present, that person is blessed and prosperous. Such a being is truly incomparable.
Rumi
#31. Buddhism cannot be true to itself until Buddhists resolve their ambivalence toward nonhuman animals and extend the full protection of their compassion to the most harmless and helpless of those who live at our mercy in the visible realms.
Norm Phelps
#32. The papers say we're married, but it's the heart that writes the love story.
Anthony Liccione
#33. The very basis of true peace of mind is a benevolent wish to see all the world as happy as one's self ...
Susanna Rowson
#34. Pure love is giving without the mind of having given. This is true love, compassion and virtue.
Woo Myung
#35. Only love and compassion can bring true and lasting transformation
Rasheed Ogunlaru
#36. The most treasured and sacred moments of our lives are those filled with the spirit of love. The greater the measure of our love, the greater is our joy. In the end, the development of such love is the true measure of success in life.
Joseph B. Wirthlin
#37. Love and Compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion.
Dalai Lama XIV
#38. True beauty is a warm heart, a kind soul, and an attentive ear.
Ken Poirot
#39. Ask the poor. They'll tell you who the christians are.
Mahatma Gandhi
#40. True strength is measured by patience, ability and compassion, never simply brute force.
Cary Washington
#41. See, don't just look. Your partner is so much more than their appearance. It's how kind their heart is, how lovely they smile, how much they care and have compassion, how generous and giving they are which becomes much more attractive.
Suzan Battah
#42. Hoping a situation will change keeps you at a distance from your true feelings-sadness, anger, fear. Each of these feelings is best appreciated up close. Feel them deeply, and they will cease to bother you. Hope they'll go away, and they'll bother you all day.
Gay Hendricks
#43. The essence of all religions is love, compassion and tolerance. Kindness is my true religion. No matter whether you are learned or not, whether you believe in the next life or not, whether you believe in God or Buddha or some other religion or not, in day-to-day life you must be a kind person.
Dalai Lama
#44. Most breakups are awful. But with compassion, attention, introspection, and intention they can become transforming, bringing you closer to alignment with your true self while preparing you for the next great adventure.
Randy Siegel
#45. That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
Simone De Beauvoir
#47. From looking at your neighbor and realizing his true significance, and that he will die, pity and compassion will arise in you for him and finally you will love him.
G.I. Gurdjieff
#48. O Nobly Born, now there is born in you exceeding compassion for all those living creatures who have forgotten their true nature. - Mahamudra text of Tibetan yogi Longchenpa
Jack Kornfield
#49. The way you treat people who are in no position to help you, further you, or benefit you reveals the true state of your heart.
Mandy Hale
#50. True benevolence, or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathises with the distress of every creature capable of sensation
Joseph Addison
#51. A body is simply a package for the true gifts inside. And you are full of gifts. Selflessness, kindness, compassion. All the things that matter.
Colleen Hoover
#52. Happiness is when you fight for souls that barely hang on.
Shannon L. Alder
#53. I think it's really healing to see movies that are based on true stories. It builds so much more compassion and empathy.
Vanessa Hudgens
#54. True sacrifice is the offering of self so that God can realize the power of creativity, compassion and friendship in and through your life.
Keith Ward
#55. Since we desire the true happiness that is brought about by a calm mind, and such peace of mind arises only from having a compassionate attitude, we need to make a concerted effort to develop compassion.
Dalai Lama
#56. Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true.
Leonard Cohen
#57. Developing compassion and wisdom and helping those in need is the true meaning of life.
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
#58. The real essentials of life - compassion, kindness, good will, forgiveness - are what is fundamental to living as a true human being.
Eknath Easwaran
#59. Whenever you can call your enemy and tell him that you truly love him with compassion, then you are practicing the power of true love.
Debasish Mridha
#60. The weapons of a true Warrior of Light are compassion and patience to wait for others to learn what he learned
Ivan Figueroa-Otero
#61. There is no Clan in the forest so true or so brave. I respect and admire the other Clans, but my heart is here, with ThunderClan- the Clan of heroes, the Clan of compassion, the Clan of destiny.
Erin Hunter
#62. Compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity.
Anais Nin
#64. Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place.
Karen Armstrong
#65. The true expression of nonviolence is compassion, which is not just a passive emotional response, but a rational stimulus to action.
Mark Kurlansky
#66. A true friend of mankind whose heart has but once quivered in compassion over the sufferings of the people, will understand and forgive all the impassable alluvial filth in which they are submerged, and will be able to discover the diamonds in the filth.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
#67. We represent the true human condition, the one permanent victory over cruelty and chaos ... Our true home is the imagination, and our kingdom is the wide-open world.
Lemony Snicket
#68. But what about love, compassion, moral goodness, and self-transcendence? Many people still imagine that religion is the true repository of these virtues. To change this, we must talk about the full range of human experience in a way that is as free of dogma as the best science already is.
Sam Harris
#69. True happiness comes from having a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved by cultivating altruism, love and compassion, and by eliminating anger, selfishness and greed.
Dalai Lama
#70. You are a most effective killer, Michel. Is it true you wept like a child when they killed your sister? That you cried out in agony as if the sword had pierced your own heart? Such compassion. Does your handiwork not bring you to tears as well?
P.A. Minyard
#71. Soul grows in communion. Word by word, story by story, for better or worse, we build our world. From true conversation - speaking and listening - communication deepens into compassion and creates community.
Sam Keen
#72. Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha.
Nhat Hanh
#73. Compassion is the currency that leads to true wealth.
Jim Carrey
#74. In opening we can see how many times we have mistaken small identities and fearful beliefs for our true nature and how limiting this is. We can touch with great compassion the pain from the contracted identities that we and others have created in the world.
Jack Kornfield
#75. It is only with true love and compassion that we can begin to mend what is broken in the world. It is these two blessed things that can begin to heal all broken hearts.
Steve Maraboli
#76. True love wasn't found in good hair or the right clothes, make-up or shoes. True love was found in the soul - as was wisdom and compassion
P.C. Cast
#77. There is no true joy and compassion except through the difficult emotions - all we get without the experience of fear, anger, and sadness are cheap imitations of joy and compassion - pleasantness and sentimentality.
Gabrielle Roth
#78. A compassionate government does not need to pay too much attention to those who don't have needs. True leadership is to fulfill a need of the needy. People who have needs need attention indeed! Be a true leader!
Israelmore Ayivor
#79. So, how close are love and genius, really? We know that they are both mentioned far more than lived.
Criss Jami
#80. In the midst of compassion, we find ourselves. We discover our true purpose.
Jana Elston
#81. Society is more concerned with material possessions than it is with the true love and compassion of another human being.
Kurt Vonnegut
#82. Many years before, she had read, and recognized as true, the words of W. B. Yeats: 'A Pity beyond all telling is hit at the heart of love'. She had smiled over the poem, and stroked the page, because she had known both that she loved Colin, and that compassion formed a huge part of her love.
J.K. Rowling
#83. I was starting to fall for him,
He didn't say it but the way
He looked at me,
Told me he felt the same.
Nikki Rowe
#84. The true test of faith is how we treat those who can do nothing for us in return.
Dillon Burroughs
#85. Humility, reverence, compassion, forbearance, sacrifice and self-control are the qualities that reveal the outcome of the true education.
Sai Baba
#86. A good book is a lighthouse; a wise man is a lighthouse; conscience is a lighthouse; compassion is a lighthouse; science is a lighthouse! They all show us the true path! Keep them in your life to remain safe in the rocky and dark waters of life!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#87. True happiness isn't a disruption-free life, its learning to recognize the ever-present contentment amidst the disruptions of life. Go with the flow(non-resistance), and when you struggle, remember to be compassionate with yourself...
Maximus Freeman
#88. True patience is grounded in wisdom & compassion.
Allan Lokos
#89. Religion is meant to teach us true spiritual human character. It is meant for self-transformation. It is meant to transform anxiety into peace, arrogance into humility, envy into compassion, to awaken the pure soul in man and his love for the Source, which is God.
Radhanath Swami
#90. We are all given a gift of existence and of being sentient beings, and I think true happiness lies in love and compassion.
Adam Pascal
#91. A true mother is known for her compassion, love and passion; she is everly dedicated to her calling.
Jaachynma N.E. Agu
#92. True patriots believe that freedom from responsibility is selfishness, freedom from sacrifice is cowardice, freedom from tolerance is prejudice, freedom from stewardship is exploitation, and freedom from compassion is cruelty.
Eric Liu
#93. Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.
Henri Frederic Amiel
#94. [Parker J.] Palmer points out that knowledge today is driven by two motives, curiosity and control. Curiosity gives us pure science, and control gives us technology. Then he asserts that there is a third component that is regularly disregarded but essential to true knowledge--compassion, or love.
Albert Greene
#95. Real kindness and compassion is not about feeling sorry for someone else. Rather, it is showing up, to help them discover their true value.
Charles F. Glassman
#96. Compassion is a mental quality that can bring us true lasting inner peace and inner strength.
Dalai Lama
#97. Everyone must work to live, but the purpose of life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others. Only then have we ourselves become true human beings.
Albert Schweitzer
#98. The same was true of the most popular girls. They had no empathy, no compassion for more normal kids.
Brimstone
#99. The essence of Hinduism is the same essence of all true religions: Bhakti or pure love for God and genuine compassion for all beings.
Radhanath Swami
#100. The lower a human being descends, the more asleep and inhumane he becomes. Those beings that lack Compassion, Love, and Peace are the true targets of the ego system ...
Jacqueline Ripstein
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