While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal living conditions on this earth?

I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.

The good man is the friend of all living things.

Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.

Learning to live for others isn’t something that just comes naturally to anybody. You have to train yourself to do it.

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.

The healthy man does not torture others – generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.

The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.

Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

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.

I hate to see anybody sink. I hate to see anybody lose their dream, lose their home, something like that.

With compassion you can die for other people, like the mother who can die for her child. You have the courage to say it because you are not afraid of losing anything, because you know that understanding and love is the foundation of happiness. But if you have fear of losing your status, your position, you will not have the courage to do it.

There’s people constantly asking you for something on set, so the multi-tasking of motherhood transfers very well to being a director. And I think you’re compassionate.

My mother told me, ‚Son, nobody else but God knows.‘ And that’s what I’m about – reaching out to the people, crying with them, giving them hope. Visiting the hospital, visiting the kids with cancer, visiting the adults, and stuff like that. That’s what I do.

The poorest people are the sweetest people.

There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive.

Give to everyone who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again. And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.

I just don’t like killing creatures.

Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Fear, separation, hate and anger come from the wrong view that you and the Earth are two separate entities, the Earth is only the environment. You are in the centre and you want to do something for the Earth in order for you to survive. That is a dualistic way of seeing.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

You have to understand that people that are hurting are going to criticize.

We just cannot worry about ourselves.

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals as compassionate and conservatives as less caring.

Nature hates calculators.

The just is close to the people’s heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.

I am for people. I can’t help it.

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I’m not here to preach hate or push people down.

Respect the burden.

Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?

Social Security is based on a principle. It’s based on the principle that you care about other people. You care whether the widow across town, a disabled widow, is going to be able to have food to eat.

It’s hard to practice compassion when we’re struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn’t touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act.

One of the things I’ve never been accused of is not caring about people.

It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless.

God made and governs the world invisibly, and has commanded us to love and worship him and no other God; to honor our parents and masters, and love our neighbours as ourselves; and to be temperate, just, and peaceable, and to be merciful even to brute beasts.

Now that I understand that I’m an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.

My mother’s love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t appreciate kindness and compassion.

Stay humble and be concerned for the less fortunate.

When you truly accept that those children in some far off place in the global village have the same value as you in God’s eyes or even in just your eyes, then your life is forever changed; you see something that you can’t un-see.

The American people have not become heartless.

My main concern is meeting with public because my main commitment, main interest is promotion of human value, human affection, compassion and religious harmony.

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

We do not judge the people we love.

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.