Dalai Lama Quotes, Compassion Quotes, Generosity Quotes

We are all, by nature, clearly oriented toward the basic human values of love and compassion. We all prefer the love of others to their hatred. We all prefer others’ generosity to meanness. And who is there among us who does not prefer tolerance, respect and forgiveness of our failings to bigotry, disrespect, and resentment?

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To the good I would be good; to the not-good I would also be good, in order to make them good.

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For an act to be moral the intention must be based on compassion, not duty. We do something because we want to do it, because we feel we have to do it, not because we ought to do it. And even if our efforts fail - or we never even get to implement them - we are still moral because our motivation was based on compassion.

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Not feeling compassion for a stranger is like not feeling when one's foot has caught fire

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See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world.

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When one has love for God, one doesn't feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.

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The sage has no concern for himself, but makes the concerns of others his own.

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

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The wounded surgeon plies the steel That questions the distempered part; Beneath the bleeding hands we feel The sharp compassion of the healer's art Resolving the enigma of the fever chart.

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Transcend your abuse and transform it into a source of courage, creativity and compassion.

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'Thou shalt not kill' does not apply to murder of one's own kind only, but to all living beings and this commandment was inscribed in the human breast long before it was proclaimed from Sinai.

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In compassionate men, severity is a virtue.

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Nothing shocks our moral feelings so deeply as cruelty does. We can forgive every other crime, but not cruelty. The reason for this is that it is the very opposite of compassion.

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This is my letter to the world That never wrote to me

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Certain beliefs must accompany every action: One should act without selfishness, cultivate compassion for all living things, and develop respect for others.

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Human compassion is equal to human cruelty, and it is up to each of us to tip the balance.

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The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being

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All beings wish for happiness, so extend your compassion to all.

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I have not lost Allah's hope in us to show compassion where none exists and to extend mercy in the most difficult of circumstances. We as Muslims must lead by example.

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If you resort to violent methods because the other side has destroyed your monastery, for example, you then have lost not only your monastery, but also your special Buddhist practices of detachment, love, and compassion.

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