1. Compassion is the key in Islam and Buddhism and Judaism and Christianity. They are profoundly similar. Karen Armstrong

2. God's dream is that you & I and all of us realise that we are family; that we are made for togetherness, goodness, and for compassion. Desmond Tutu

3. You may call God love, you call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion. Meister Eckhart

4. Compassion will cure more sins that condemnation. Henry Ward Beecher

5. All major religions carry the same message...love, compassion and forgiveness should be part of our daily lives. Dalai Lama

6. My experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion. Amy Grant

7. If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st Century life. Karen Armstrong

8. When you have learned compassion for yourself, compassion for others is automatic. Henepola Gunaratana

9. At the end of the day, love and compassion will win. Terry Waite