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I feel certain that words
can be as human
as people,
alive
with the breath
of compassion. — Margarita Engle

The authentic human has the might of compassion and the creative power to do any manner of good. — Bryant McGill

Showing your compassion to another human takes less energy than hating him. — Ben Midland

Go back to the Dalai Lama. He says, I think technology has really increased human ability. But technology cannot produce compassion. — Amy Poehler

For compassion a human heart suffices, but for full and adequate sympathy, with joy, an angel's only. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I don't care for the colour of your skin, I care for the size of your heart behind it. — Nikki Rowe

I was in awe of the mystery of human compassion and the inability of love to make the distance between us any more bearable. — Keith Hollihan

Love is the ultimate state of human being where compassion prevails and kindness rules. — Yogi Bhajan

Men are fickle creatures, capable of kindness and compassion yet fascinated by the basest atrocities. — Brian Rathbone

Compassion and brutality can coexist in the same individual and in the same moment ... — Primo Levi

Without compassion, you will never truly connect with another human being. — Emma J. Bell

World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion. — Dalai Lama XIV

Human progress has depended on enlarging the circle of compassion. — Carl Safina

The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice. — Frans De Waal

Compassion is the only one of the human emotions the Lord permitted Himself and it has carried the divine flavor ever since. — Dagobert D. Runes

The Purpose of life is to thrive and save lives with passion! Save Yazidis today with love and compassion! — Widad Akreyi

Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh. — Henryk Sienkiewicz

A summons home to the nature that nourishes the best human qualities of creativity, intelligence, connection, and compassion. — David W. Orr

On every level of human life, compassion is the key thing. — Dalai Lama

We're better off not worrying about ourselves, and to do that, we have to worry about others. — V.C. Andrews

Relational trust is built on movements of the human heart such as empathy, commitment, compassion, patience, and the capacity to forgive. — Parker J. Palmer

Good and evil are both fundamental features of the human mind. — Abhijit Naskar

This is a place for ordinary human compassion of the kind that is reconciling — Richard Chartres

Religions don't own compassion; it is a human virtue. — Karen Armstrong

Compassion was the most important, perhaps the sole law of human existence. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Compassion, empathy and love are the real pillars we need to build with in ourselves to become human. — Loknath

Grieving is a weakness-too human, too mired in compassion, and we can't repeat that mistake, can we? — Steven Dos Santos

The pain on the inside is what keeps you human,' she said. 'Never forget that. — Taylor Stevens

Compassion is the chief law of human existence. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The human capacity for compassion is not a reflex that is triggered automatically by the presence of another living thing. — Steven Pinker

Human compassion is equal to human cruelty, and it is up to each of us to tip the balance. — Alice Walker

The topic of compassion is not at all religious business; it is important to know it is human business, it is a question of human survival. — Dalai Lama XIV

It is unfortunate that for some, kindness is an unwarranted expenditure, compassion an avoidable weakness, and love an unnecessary gamble. — Wayne Gerard Trotman

That is the most godlike feeling a human can experience; being ignored by rebellious child. — Dennis Garvin

Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings. — Bill Gates

SHOW THE WORLD YOUR STRONG COMPASSION!
GIVE YOUR VOICE TO VOICELESS KOBANE KIDS! — Widad Akreyi

The real essentials of life - compassion, kindness, good will, forgiveness - are what is fundamental to living as a true human being. — Eknath Easwaran

Which religion gives the greatest joy to God? That which inspires human beings to practice Ahimsa and compassion to all creatures. — Vallabha Acharya

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

Love is not a justification for war. Anyone who uses it as such doesn't know squat about being human. — Cecily White

Those moral laws on which all human excellence is founded - a love of truth in ourselves, and a sincere sympathy with our fellow-creatures. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

To have compassion for a character is no different from having compassion for another human being. — Tom Hiddleston

There is no substitute for love and caring and compassion and human beings helping one another. — Hillary Clinton

Normal: lacking in taste, compassion, understanding, kindness, and ordinary human decency. — Frank Portman

Trouble makes us one with every human being in the world - and unless we touch others, we're out of touch with life. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

As a human being Plato mingles regal, exclusive, and self-contained features with melancholy compassion. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Society is more concerned with material possessions than it is with the true love and compassion of another human being. — Kurt Vonnegut

Success is a way of life with the sense of connection, compassion, and expansion of human life. — Debasish Mridha

To make your Opinion Count,
you have to do something more
than just making Money. — Vineet Raj Kapoor

It is only kindness and love, which can change the human heart. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I rolled my eyes. "Do all narcotics officers lack basic human
compassion, or were you just not hugged enough as a child?"
Trust Me — L.A. Witt

God makes His presence known in many ways. In acts of love, in selfless acts of courage, in everyday human compassion. — William Kent Krueger

We will be remembered not for the power of our weapons but for the power of our compassion, our dedication to human welfare. — Hubert H. Humphrey

Love is defined by difficult acts of human compassion & generosity. — Sharon Salzberg

Your emotional understanding about the preciousness of your human birth comes through conscious, repetitive mind training. — Tsoknyi Rinpoche

The good news is that you just need a bit of compassion to become vegetarian, and this is something widely found in the human race. — Armand Chauvel

My heart, far too sensitivefor this human world.My heart, so easily wounded, sheds rose tears of compassion. — Mary Summer Rain

No compassion will be tolerated for the Jews. We deny the Pope's statement that there is but one human race. The Jews are parasites. — Robert Ley

Let the world feel your compassion: Help save kidnapped Yazidi females! — Widad Akreyi

For whatever it's worth, I believe we're born imperfect, and perfection, whatever that may be, is unattainable by us mere humans. — Liza M. Wiemer

Compassion is essential for any type of relationship between anybody - human to human, human to dog, human to cat, human to bird. — Sharon Gannon

SANSHO THE BAILIFF (1954) 'Without compassion a man is no longer human.' So states Taira. — Steven Jay Schneider

Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men. — David O. McKay

Sex is animal, love is human, compassion is divine. Sex is physical, love is psychological, compassion is spiritual. — Osho

Every human being has to have compassion and try to be understanding, and that goes double for people who share your blood, — Kristen Ashley

The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion. — Richard Feynman

In solitude we realize that nothing human is alien to us. — Henri J.M. Nouwen

We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love. — Jane Goodall

Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness. — R.J. Palacio

The important thing is for me to feel love towards my fellow human beings - and sometimes, that has to be at a distance. — Vironika Tugaleva

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

I always believed in love, compassion, and a sense of universal respect. Every human being has that potential. — Dalai Lama

Just because she isn't human, do you think that means she doesn't feel pain? — Stephenie Meyer

In all human sorrow nothing gives comfort but love and faith, and that in the sight of Christ's compassion for us no sorrow is trifling. — Leo Tolstoy

Righteous is the one who was able to demonstrate compassion in face of human suffering. — Aleksander Kwasniewski

The essence of a mature human being in religious terms is the ability to see, to be aware of others' suffering and to be touched by it. — Megan McKenna

Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy — Giovanni Boccaccio

The fundamental human experience is that of compassion. — Joseph Campbell

The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others. — Albert Schweitzer

All cruelty comes from weakness, just as all human compassion can come only from strength. — Peyton Quinn

I have less compassion than the average human. — Curtis Jackson

With compassion, we see benevolently our own human condition and the condition of our fellow beings. We drop prejudice. We withhold judgment. — Christina Baldwin

The misery we inflict on sentient beings slackens our human evolution. — Annie Besant

Aristotle wrote that the human soul is purged by the fear and compassion that tragedy evokes. — Jo Nesbo

The Kingdom of God is, in reality, the mental kingdom of a conscientious, compassionate and courageous human. — Abhijit Naskar

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

Do not deceive yourself; do not be run away with by gratitude and compassion. — Jane Austen

Yoga exercises are the best connecting tools for unity, human dignity, health, equality, global peace and compassion. — Amit Ray

At the bottom of the human well, there should always be a candle of compassion. — A.J. Garces

All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart. — Tahereh Mafi

It takes a human being to not do wrong in return. — Abhijit Naskar

Through the mind and judgment,
it is not possible to understand
oneself and others.
True understanding is
a compassionate heart. — Human Angels

If we had to and were able to suffer the sufferings of everyone, we could not live. — Primo Levi

Compassion is contempt with a human face. — John McCarthy