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Quotes about compassion
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In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity. (Dalai Lama )
Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural. (Dalai Lama )
Out of compassion I destroy the darkness of their ignorance. From within them I light the lamp of wisdom and dispel all darkness from their lives. (Dalai Lama )
I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance. (Dalai Lama )
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The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter. (Dalai Lama )
Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will. (Dalai Lama )
The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion. (Dalai Lama )
You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion. (Dalai Lama )
Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless. (Dalai Lama )
The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty. (Dalai Lama )
Compassion is no substitute for justice. (Dalai Lama )
When an individual fear or apathy passes by the unfortunate, life is of no account. (Dalai Lama )
Christianity demands a level of caring that transcends human inclinations. (Dalai Lama )
Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness. (Dalai Lama )
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another (Dalai Lama )
Saving lives is not a top priority in the halls of power. Being compassionate and concerned about human life can cause a man to lose his job. It can cause a woman not to get the job to begin with. (Dalai Lama )
Minerva save us from the cloying syrup of coercive compassion! (Dalai Lama )
No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with compassion. The more we love, the more the object of our love seems to us to be a victim. (Dalai Lama )
Get it into your head once and for all, my simple and very fainthearted fellow, that what fools call humanness is nothing but a weakness born of fear and egoism; that this chimerical virtue, enslaving only weak men, is unknown to those whose character is formed by stoicism, courage, and philosophy. (Dalai Lama )
Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world. (Dalai Lama )
Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace. (Dalai Lama )
Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill. (Dalai Lama )
The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater ;burden can be borne by an individual than to know no one cares or understands. (Dalai Lama )
As we mature spiritually, we exhibit a growing capacity to care for and appreciate one another in the body of Christ, regardless of our differences. (Dalai Lama )
Being part of an agenda beyond ourselves liberates us to complement each other rather than compete with each other. (Dalai Lama )
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