Jane Goodall Quotes

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

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

The more we stretch the muscle called compassion and generosity, the stronger we get, the better we feel about ourselves, the more loving we become to the world around us.

Kindness isn't just a virtue, its a necessity.

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

Through your love for each other, through learning the art of making one person happy, you learn to express your love for the whole of humanity and all beings. Please help us develop the curriculum for the Institute for the Happiness of One Person. Don't wait until we open the school. You can begin practicing right away.

The measure of man's humanity is the extent and intensity of his love for mankind.

A love for humanity came over me, and watered and fertilised the fields of my inner world which had been lying fallow, and this love of humanity vented itself in a vast compassion.

We're a compassionate nation.

In the end only kindness matters.

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.

We hear all around us about practical religion, and analysing all that, we find that it can be brought down to one conception - charity to our fellow beings.

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

Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self

Compassion seems to be the greatest power.

If you follow your heart, if you listen to your gut, and if you extend your hand to help another, not for any agenda, but for the sake of humanity, you are going to find the truth.

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 think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I'll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.

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.

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

It's your unlimited power to care and to love that can make the biggest difference in the quality of your life.

Kindness is the essence of greatness.

Compassion is not a virtue -- it is a commitment. It's not something we have or don't have -- it's something we choose to practice.