Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is read more

Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.

Compassion is the basis of all morality

Compassion is the basis of all morality

Our task must be to free ourselves . . . by widening our circle
of compassion to embrace all read more

Our task must be to free ourselves . . . by widening our circle
of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of
nature and its beauty.

Make no judgements where you have no compassion.

Make no judgements where you have no compassion.

Not to hurt our humble brethren in fur, feather or fin, is our first duty to them, but to stop read more

Not to hurt our humble brethren in fur, feather or fin, is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission: to be of service to them whenever they require it.

Compassion is no substitute for justice.

Compassion is no substitute for justice.

Wars begin in the minds of man, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of read more

Wars begin in the minds of man, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.

It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.

It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.

For those who may not find happiness to exercise religious faith, it's okay to remain a radical atheist, it's absolutely read more

For those who may not find happiness to exercise religious faith, it's okay to remain a radical atheist, it's absolutely an individual right, but the important thing is with a compassionate heart -- then no problem.