Dalai Lama Quotes

Compassion is a verb.

Compassion is not having any hesitation to reflect your light on things

Compassion begins with attention.

Compassion is the ability to see how it all is.

Pity enlarges the heart.

Compassion is the wish to see others free from suffering.

Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth.

Compassion doesn't, of course, mean feeling sorry for people, or pity, which is how the word has become emasculated in a way.

It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.

Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.

Throughout my life, I always remember that consideration of people who were less fortunate than we. We lived in an atmosphere of awareness, and we certainly did not live a life whereby we ignored, or felt that we could ignore, that which was in evidence around us.

In being aware of others' hunger, we contribute to a more empathic world.

Feel for others - in your pocket

Pity is the most pleasant feeling in those who have not much pride and have no prospect of great conquests; for them the easy prey - and that is what all who suffer are - is enchanting.

Sometimes, in difficult circumstances, one can confuse compassion with love.

He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.

The greatest gift given to man by God - is the ability to empathize.

All people are endowed with the faculty of compassion, and for this reason can develop the humanitarian spirit.

Pity aims just as little at the pleasure of others as malice at the pain of others Per-Se.

It is one of the best traits of good people that they love where they pity. And this is truer of women than of men.

So the smart brain must be balanced with a warm heart, a good heart -a sense of responsibility, of concern for the well-being of others.

I think I love most people best when they are in adversity; for pity is one of my prevailing passions.

Unless a man has pity he is not truly a man. If a man has not wept at the worlds pain he is only half a man, and there will always be pain in the world, knowing this does not mean that a man shall dispair. A good man will seek to take pain out of things. A foolish man will not even notice it, except in himself, and the poor unfortunate evil man will drive pain deeper into things and spread it about wherever he goes.

He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe.

Let us be kind to one another, to be aware of each other’s needs, and try to help in that regard.