Paul Bloom Quotes

Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.

Compassion is the chief law of human existence.

True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the suffering and joys of others.

I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.

It's harder to be kind than clever

Compassion is our most important practice. Understanding brings compassion. Understanding the suffering that living beings undergo helps liberate the energy of compassion. And with that energy you know what to do.

Compassion takes imagination.

I don't have to be an expert. I just have to care.

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

A second quality of mature sirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.

Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self

Compassion instills a sense of calm, inner strength, and a deep confidence and satisfaction

I don't think I should accept other people's suffering because I suffered. Just the opposite, because I suffered I don't want others to suffer.

If compassion was the motivating factor behind all of our decisions, would our world not be a completely different place?

Rejecting joy to stand in solidarity with the suffering doesn't rescue the suffering.

Some people think that without that spark of empathy we would do nothing, but that's just flat-out wrong. You could feel compassion for somebody without the spark of empathy.

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the other.... The whole purpose of life is to live by love.

Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.

The most valuable asset we have, actually, is our ability to understand, to do the right thing, to be kind, to be decent.

Developing concern for others, thinking of them as part of us, brings self-confidence , reduces our sense of suspicion and mistrust, and enables us to develop a calm mind.

A sense of concern for others gives our lives meaning; it is the root of all human happiness

The measure of civilized behavior is compassion.

The basis of all good human behavior is kindness.

The ability to understand the cause of your own suffering gives you the ability to understand ours.

Compassion is not an option. It's the key to our survival.