Sebastian Horsley Quotes

As human beings we're so cynical, so uncompassionate.

Compassion may be defined as the capacity to be attentive to the experience of others, to wish the best for others, and to sense what will truly serve others.

To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most.

The human capacity for compassion is not a reflex that is triggered automatically by the presence of another living thing.

Compassion is not defined in one form. There's no Indian compassion. There's no American compassion. It transcends nation, the gender, the age. Why? Because it is there in everybody. It's experienced by people occasionally.

There is no verb for compassion, but you have an adverb for compassion. That's interesting to me. You act compassionately. But then, how to act compassionately if you don't have compassion? That is where you fake. You fake it and make it. This is the mantra of the United States of America.

I have empathy; I am humane. I understand human misery.

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.

People aren't inherently sympathetic.

Philanthropy is never understood by those who don't have it in their own hearts.

Regrettably, the media are seemingly incapable of mentioning the words 'compassion' and 'Trump' in the same sentence.

Fraternity and compassion are written into nature's DNA.

You never know how many people are compassionate about something, especially when it's not happening to you. You just hope somebody's out there helping.

Righteous is the one who was able to demonstrate compassion in face of human suffering.

Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

The American people have not become heartless.

Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.

I don't really have a lot of appropriate feelings for people on an individual basis, but I've always wanted to make people happy.

Developing our capacity for compassion makes it possible for us to help others in a more skillful and effective way. And compassion helps us as well.

I love mankind; it's people I can't stand.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

A love for humanity came over me, and watered and fertilised the fields of my inner world which had been lying fallow, and this love of humanity vented itself in a vast compassion.

Compassion is so pure, I don't think there is any way to taint it.

There would be no supporting life were we to feel quite as poignantly for others as we do for ourselves.