* Men are only great as they are kind.
- Published as a "Roycroft Motto" in Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians (1901) by Elbert Hubbard, p. 105

* 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.

- Thomas Merton, in his final address, during a conference on East-West monastic dialogue, delivered just two hours before his death (10 December 1968), quoted in Religious Education, Vol. 73 (1978), p. 292

* Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace
´- Albert Schweitzer, in Kulturphilosophie (1923)

 

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

* I could see their woe and sadness, and I pledged to ease their pain; their suffering would not be in vain.
- The Prince and the Pauper, play based on the story by Mark Twain

* Compassion is when you see that someone needs help and you wanna help 'em.
- Veggietales, Pa Grape

* Compassion is when you care enough to help someone with their problem and take time to find out what's bothering 'em.
o 321 Penguins!, Fidgel

 * Why does God endow us with compassion?
- Franz Schubert

* Compassion is the radicalism of our time.
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama

* Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
- Benjamin Disraeli

* I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it.
o Thomas Aquinas