Jim Rohn Quotes

What are gold and jewels and precious utensils? Mere dross and dirt. The human face and the human heart, reciprocations of kindness and love, and all the nameless sympathies of our nature - these are the only objects worth being attached to.

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

Developing our capacity for compassion makes it possible for us to help others in a more skillful and effective way. And compassion helps us as well.

The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

What is it that distinguishes you and me from the lower animals - from the beasts? More, I say, than anything else, human sympathy - human sympathy.

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.

I love being around people who care about me, and I care about them.

Kindness is a sort of love without being love.

And all people live, not by reason of any care they have for themselves, but by the love for them that is in other people.

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.

I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use.'

We all have that capacity to reach out to people we don't even know and care about them ...

I love everybody. When someone hurts, I hurt.

What separates humans from other animals is our empathy. With the possible exception of bonobos, we are the most empathetic animal on the planet.

The more we are concerned for the well being of others, the closer we will feel to each other.

I want to take care of people. I want to help people. The maximum joy that I have is when I can create something that makes someone else's life lighter, brighter, or better.

Compassion is a verb.

The greatest gift you can give someone is your time, your attention, your love, your concern.

Try to love others and serve others and hopefully find those who love and serve you in return.