compassion Quotes

“The friend of nature is the man who feels himself inwardly united with everything that lives in nature, who shares in the fate of all creatures, helps them when he can in their pain and need, and as far as... ...

“It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.”

“A thinking man feels compelled to approach all life with the same reverence he has for his own.”

“We need a boundless ethics which will include animals also.”

“All people are endowed with the faculty of compassion, and for this reason can develop the humanitarian spirit.”

“If there is anything I have learned about men and women, it is that there is a deeper spirit of altruism than is ever evident. Just as the rivers we see are minor compared to the underground streams, so, too,... ...

“Profound love demands a deep conception and out of this develops reverence for the mystery of life. It brings us close to all beings, to the poorest and smallest as well as all others.”

“Ethics cannot be based upon our obligations toward people, but they are complete and natural only when we feel this Reverence for Life and the desire to have compassion for and to help all creatures insofar as it is in... ...

“Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.”

“Animal protection is education to the humanity.”