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Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place.

We all, I think, believe in compassion. If you look at all the world religions, all the main world religions, you'll find within them some teaching concerning compassion.

I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

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.

As Christians, our compassion is simply a response to the love that God has already shown us.

Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive.

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.

Compassion enables you to reach to the heavens and look through the heart of God.

Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear.