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Compassion

(noun) Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it.

33 QUOTES
"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive."
— Dalai Lama
"Give, but give until it hurts."
— Mother Teresa
"A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you."
— Dalai Lama
"I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves."
— Steve Maraboli
"No matter how much people on the left talk about compassion, they have no compassion for the taxpayers."
— Thomas Sowell
"All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart."
— Tahereh Mafi
"True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring."
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
"One love, one heart, one destiny."
— Bob Marley
"It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends."
— Mahatma Gandhi
"To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed."
— Maya Angelou
"It is not enough to be compassionate, we must act."
— Dalai Lama
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