I have always felt compassion for the planet. Sometimes I just start to get emotional. I cry because I can almost feel the pain in the air. I put it in words, and in song, and in dance, I think that is what artistry is.

Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.

Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me!

Science is driven by compassion and empathy often to alleviate the pains of humanity.

Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion between supposed lovers, between supposed brothers.

The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.