When was the last time you shared a kind word? A simple gesture of compassion can go a long way – not only for those around us, but for ourselves as well. We often forget that acts of kindness don’t have to be necessarily grand. We all could use a little bit more kindness in our lives, and what better way to get inspired than with some compassion quotes.
It can be something as small as opening the door for someone or offering some encouraging words and having empathy for people going through a difficult times. To give your heart a kick-start this week on living with more compassion, here are 37 inspiring and witty quotes filled with kindness!
I hope you enjoy these quotes of compassion…
1) “A stranger’s compassion can make a world of difference.” – Oprah Winfrey, Oprah’s The Life You Want Planner
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Compassion Quotes by Roy T. Bennett
2) “We are all different. Don’t judge, understand instead.” – Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
3) “More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.” – Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
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Compassion Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
4) “The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.” – Arthur Schopenhauer, On the Basis of Morality
5) “The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
- Used Book in Good Condition
- Schopenhauer, Arthur (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 226 Pages – 06/01/1999 (Publication Date) – Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. (Publisher)
6) “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” – Plato
7) “Compassion is, by definition, relational. Compassion literally means ‘to suffer with,’ which implies a basic mutuality in the experience of suffering. The emotion of compassion springs from the recognition that the human experience is imperfect.” – Kristin Neff, Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself
- Neff, Dr. Kristin (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 320 Pages – 06/23/2015 (Publication Date) – William Morrow Paperbacks (Publisher)
8) “Compassion is a passion with a heart.” – Unknown
9) “Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
- Tolkien, J.R.R. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 544 Pages – 10/06/2020 (Publication Date) – Clarion Books (Publisher)
Kindness from the heart…
10) “All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.” – Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me
- Used Book in Good Condition
- Mafi, Tahereh (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 368 Pages – 01/09/2018 (Publication Date) – HarperCollins (Publisher)
11) “For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson
12) “Give Compassion: Every day the average person fights epic battles never told just to survive.”
– Ken Poirot
13) “Compassion is the greatest form of love humans have to offer.” – Rachael Joy Scott
14) “I have no idea what’s awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: There are sick people and they need curing.” – Albert Camus, The Plague
- Hardcover Book
- Camus, Albert (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 352 Pages – 11/16/2021 (Publication Date) – Knopf (Publisher)
15) “A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts, and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” – Albert Einstein
16) “I love this life and even if to be taken from me, I will love that you have yours. Cherish all life, for life, is worth cherishing.” – Tom Althouse
Compassion Quotes by the Dalai Lama
17) “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
– Dalai Lama, The Art of Happiness
18) “Love and compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion.” – Dalai Lama, The Art of Happiness
19) “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” – Dalai Lama
- Dalai Lama (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 336 Pages – 07/21/2020 (Publication Date) – Riverhead Books (Publisher)
20) “Compassion is at the heart of every little thing we do. It is the dearest quality we possess. Yet all too often it can be cast aside with consequences too tragic to speak of. To lose our compassion, we lose what it is to be human.” – Unknown
21) “It would be nice to feel that we are a better world, a world of more compassion and a world of more humanity, and to believe in the basic goodness of man.” – Barbara Walters
22) “I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” – Lao Tzu
Compassion Quotes by Steve Maraboli
23) “A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” – Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
24) “It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime.” – Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
25) “How would your life be different if…You stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter? Let today be the day…You look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey.” – Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
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- Maraboli, Steve (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 170 Pages – 03/07/2014 (Publication Date)
26) “One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.” – Simone de Beauvoir
27) “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” – Maya Angelou
28) “No one has ever become poor by giving.” – Anne Frank, diary of Anne Frank: the play
- Hardcover Book
- Anne Frank (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 01/01/1956 (Publication Date) – Random House (Publisher)
29) “Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.” – Pema Chödrön, The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
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It’s your destiny…
30) “One love, one heart, one destiny.” – Robert Marley
31) “The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.” – John Green, Looking for Alaska
- Green, John (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 221 Pages – 12/28/2006 (Publication Date) – Penguin Books (Publisher)
32) “The highest form of knowledge is empathy.” – Bill Bullard
33) “Until you have real compassion, you cannot recognize love.” – Bob Thurman
34) “We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
35) “Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.” – Confucius
Compassion Quotes by Mother Teresa
36) “I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.” – Mother Teresa, A Gift for God: Prayers and Meditations
37) “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” – Mother Teresa
- Mother Teresa Of Calcutta (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 96 Pages – 08/26/2003 (Publication Date) – HarperOne (Publisher)
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