QUOTES

Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.  (Dalai Lama)

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

Compassion is a verb.  (Thich Nhat Hanh)

Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.  (Jack Kornfield)

Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves.  (Pema Chodron)

Until you have real compassion, you do not recognize love.  (Bob Thurman)

Compassion is an action word with no boundaries.  (Prince)

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.  (Buddha)

When you are compassionate with yourself, you trust in your soul, which you let guide your life.  (John O’Donohue)

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong.  Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.  (George Washington Carver)

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.  If you want to be happy, practice compassion.  (Dalai Lama)

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.  (Mother Teresa)

Until he extends his circle of compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.  (Albert Schweitzer)

Like many things in life, your compassion is a skill that can be exercised.  (Simeon Lindstrom)

We are in great need of people being able to stand in somebody else’s shoes and see the world through their eyes.  (Barack Obama)

It is not enough to be compassionate.  You must act.  (Dalai Lama)

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.  Ephesians 4:12

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion.  These three are your greatest treasures. (Lao Tzu)