Louise Rennison Quotes

I think of compassion as the fundamental religious experience and, unless that is there, you have nothing.

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

I would like to explain the meaning of compassion, which is often misunderstood. Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections and expectations, but rather on the rights of the other: irrespective of whether another person is a close friend

Compassion takes imagination.

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

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

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

Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self

Compassion is the wish to see others free from 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.

Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.

Compassion is the chief law of human existence.

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

The way we treat people we disagree with most is a report card on what we've learned about love.

Compassion isn't a sign of weakness, but a mark of civilization.

Once you encourage the thought of compassion in your mind, once it becomes active, then your attitude towards others changes automatically.

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

True kindness isn't something we're born with. It's something we have to work at. Not everyone has it. But I think everyone has the potential. Sometimes you just have to look really close before you can tell it's there."-Kyoko

Compassion is the foundation of everything positive, everything good. If you carry the power of compassion to the marketplace and the dinner table, you can make your life really count.

Compassion is concern of others' well being.

Compassion is a quality which impels one to perform sacrifices.

Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.

If you are not concerned about your neighbor's salvation, then I am concerned for yours.

If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.