For one whose heart melts with compassion for all creatures; what is the necessity of knowledge, liberation, matted hair on the head, and smearing the body with ashes.

That man who is without religion and mercy should be rejected. A guru without spiritual knowledge should be rejected. The wife with an offensive face should be given up, and so should relatives who are without affection.

Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.

He who gives up shyness in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating and in business, becomes happy.

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

The term compassion means shared suffering. You develop compassion by knowing what it is like to suffer.