Category Compassion

“Compassion is the basis of all morality.” – Arthur Schopenhauer

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” – Dalai Lama

“A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” – Steve Maraboli

“Compassion is the foundation of a peaceful heart and a peaceful world.” – Unknown

“Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain

“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” – David Viscott

“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.” – Pema Chodron

“Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.” – Desmond Tutu

“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” – Albert Einstein

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.” – Harper Lee

“Love is not without its flaws. The stronger the love, the more it tests you. Compassion and empathy will make true love persist.” – Khalil Gibran

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” – Dalai Lama

“Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss.” – Anderson Cooper

“The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.” – Meryl Streep

“The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.” – Thomas Merton

“Compassion isn’t about solutions. It’s about giving all the love that you’ve got.” – Cheryl Strayed

“A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.” – Joseph Joubert

“What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. Love. We all lean towards love.” – Unknown

“Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.” – Lao Tzu

 

Category Empathy

Here are some quotes related to empathy:

“Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.” – Mohsin Hamid

“Learning to stand in somebody else’s shoes, to see through their eyes, that’s how peace begins. And it’s up to you to make that happen.” – Barack Obama

“Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing.” – Marshall B. Rosenberg

“When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That’s when you can get more creative in solving problems.” – Stephen Covey

“Empathy is the most powerful weapon.” – Augusto Boal

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.” – Harper Lee

“Empathy is connection; it’s a ladder out of the shame hole.” – Brené Brown

“Empathy works so well because it does not require a solution. It requires only understanding.” – John Medina

“The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.” – Henry David Thoreau

“When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you.” – Susan Sarandon

“Empathy is a tool for building people into groups, for allowing us to function as more than self-obsessed individuals.” – Neil Gaiman

“Empathy has no script. There is no right way or wrong way to do it. It’s simply listening, holding space, withholding judgment, emotionally connecting, and communicating that incredibly healing message of ‘You’re not alone.’” – Brené Brown

“Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.” – Dalai Lama

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” – Leo Buscaglia

“Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?” – Henry David Thoreau

 
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