"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." - Frederick Buechner, American Clergyman, Author

"The highest form of love is the love that allows for intimacy without the annihilation of difference." - Parker J. Palmer, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life

“If there is any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not deter or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.” - William Penn

"Give children at least as many chances to show compassion as they have to be competitive." - Erica Layman; Mother, Advocate

"The functions of the intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy." - Dean Koontz, Author

"Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things." - Thomas Merton; Theologian, Author

"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because some day in life you will have been all of these." - George Washington Carver

"Fear grows out of the things we think; it lives in our minds. Compassion grows out of the things we are, and lives in our hearts." - Barbara Garrison, Author

"Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation." - Henry Ward Beecher; Clergyman, Social Reformer

"Compassion for myself is the most powerful healer of them all." - Theodore Isaac Rubin; Psychiatrist, Author

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." - The 14th Dalai Lama

A Blessing of Love and Compassion - "May you be free from hostility, may you be free from affliction, may you be free from distress, may you have ease of well-being, may you be free from suffering."

"Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace." - Albert Schweitzer; Philosopher, Physician, Nobel Peace Prize Winner

"Peace comes from being able to contribute the best that we have, and all that we are, toward creating a world that supports everyone.” - Hafsat Abiola, Nigerian Human Rights & Democracy Activist

"Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him." - Albert Schweitzer; Philosopher, Physician, Nobel Peace Prize Winner

“I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” - Albert Schweitzer; Philosopher, Physician, Nobel Peace Prize Winner

"I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same. People will never know how far a little kindness can go." - Rachel Joy Scott (1981-1999); Student, First Victim Of The Columbine High School Massacre

"Compassion is the greatest form of love humans have to offer." - Rachel Joy Scott (1981-1999); Student, First Victim Of The Columbine High School Massacre

"Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things that renew humanity." - Buddha

"It's not about how much you do, but how much love you put into what you do that counts." - Mother Teresa; (1910-1997)

"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can." - John Wesley; Theologian

“That best portion of a good man's life; His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.” - Williams Wordsworth; Poet

"Our task must be to widen our circle of compassion, to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. " - Albert Einstein; Theoretical Physicist, Philosopher, Nobel Prize Winner

"It's time for greatness -- not for greed. It's a time for idealism -- not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action." - Marian Wright Edelman, b 1939, American activist for the rights of children

"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." -- the 14th Dalai Lama

"For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?" - bell hook, b. 1952, American author, feminist and social activist