Marvin Olasky Quotes

Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use, and the regular exercise of choosing kindness over cruelty would change us.

You can't assume that kindness is an inherited trait. It is learned behavior.

Looking at various means of developing compassion, I think empathy is an important factor: the ability to appreciate others' suffering.

Education teaches us compassion and kindness, connection to others.

Simple inattention kills empathy, let alone compassion. So the first step in compassion is to notice the other's need. It all begins with the simple act of attention.

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

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.

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

Compassion and love constitute non-violence in action. They are the source of all spiritual qualities: forgiveness, tolerance, all the virtues. They give meaning to our activities and makes them constructive. There is nothing amazing about being rich or highly educated; only when the individual has a warm heart do these attributes become worthwhile.

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

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

Compassion is an act of tolerance where kindness and forgiveness reign. When we make the compassionate choice, we enhance the dignity of each individual, which is the very essence of loving them.

Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self

Caring for others is an expression of what it means to be fully human.

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

Compassion is the wish to see others free from suffering.

My message is the practice of compassion, love and kindness.

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.

I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.

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

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

If indeed the qualities such as love, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness are what happiness consists in, and if it is also true that compassion, defined as concern for others, is both the source and the fruit of these qualities, then the more we are compassionate, the more we provide for our own happiness.

Compassion is something really worthwhile. It is not just a religious or spiritual subject, not a matter of ideology. It is not a luxury, it is a necessity.

It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.

The real essentials of life - compassion, kindness, good will, forgiveness - are what is fundamental to living as a true human being.