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π Compassion
βIf we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.β
β Unknown
βMercy and compassion are not weakness but the highest form of strength.β
β Khalil Gibran
βThe soul that beholds beauty becomes beautiful itself. To see with compassion is to be transformed.β
β Plotinus
βAll shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well through compassionβ
β Julian of Norwich
βCan I see another in distress and not be in sorrow too through compassion I feel as they doβ
β William Blake
βExample is not the main thing in influencing others it is the only thing especially in compassionβ
β Albert Schweitzer
βThe greatest danger to our future is apathy and the greatest remedy is compassionβ
β Jane Goodall
βThe day will come when after harnessing the winds we shall harness compassion and loveβ
β Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
βFirst practice compassion toward yourself then you will know how to practice it with othersβ
β Epictetus
βWe must restore hope to young people help the old give compassion to the future and welcome the strangerβ
β Pope Francis
βThe supreme good is like water which nourishes all things without trying and compassion flows the same wayβ
β Lao Tzu
βWhat you do not wish for yourself do not do to others for this is the root of compassionβ
β Confucius
βUntil he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.β
βI do not ask the wounded person how they feel I myself become the wounded person through compassionβ
β Walt Whitman
βWhatever you do be compassionate for compassion transforms everything it touchesβ
β Sogyal Rinpoche
βThe curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am then I can change through self-compassionβ
β Carl Rogers
βCompassion is an unstable emotion it needs to be translated into action or it withersβ
β Susan Sontag
βThe heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe and all its suffering with compassionβ
β Joanna Macy
βWaking up this morning I smile knowing that compassion will guide my twenty four brand new hoursβ
β Thich Nhat Hanh
βThe great illusion of leadership is to think that others can be led out of the desert by someone who has never been there without compassionβ
β Henri Nouwen
βTrue compassion goes beyond empathy and desire to help it knows that all suffering is sharedβ
β Eckhart Tolle
βThe quality of mercy is not strained it falls as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneathβ
β William Shakespeare
βWe are uncomfortable because everything in our life keeps changing and compassion holds us steadyβ
β Tara Brach
βKindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see extending compassion to allβ
β Mark Twain
βCompassion will cure more sins than condemnation.β
β Henry Ward Beecher
βCompassion is not feeling sorry for others it is understanding their suffering and wanting to helpβ
β Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
βBe kind for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle that you cannot seeβ
β Plato
βBe kind whenever possible and it is always possible to practice compassion in every momentβ
β Dalai Lama
βRemember that imperfection is part of the shared human experience and deserves compassion not criticismβ
β Kristen Neff
βWe are not called to do extraordinary things but to do ordinary things with extraordinary compassionβ
β Jean Vanier
βBefore I can tell my life what I want to do with it I must listen to my life telling me who I am through compassionβ
β Parker Palmer
βThe whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all living beingsβ
β Thomas Merton
βThe door to the heart opens inward and compassion is the gentle hand that opens itβ
β Ajahn Brahm
βA little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just through the warmth of compassionβ
βKeeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos and an act of self-compassionβ
βLet yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love through compassionβ
β Rumi
βIt is not enough to sympathize with those who are suffering we must have compassion and take actionβ
β Eleanor Roosevelt
βMy religion is very simple my religion is compassion and kindness toward all beingsβ
βOne who is kind is sympathetic and gentle with others. He is considerate of others' feelings and courteous in his behavior.β
βThe moment we choose compassion over judgment everything shifts in our heartsβ
βThe most fundamental aggression to ourselves is to remain ignorant by not having the courage of compassionβ
β Ani Pema Chodron
βCompassion and love are not mere luxuries as the source of both inner and outer peace they are fundamentalβ
β Lama Surya Das
βIf you want others to be happy practice compassion and if you want to be happy practice compassionβ
βReal love always brings about growth in compassion and understanding for both the giver and receiverβ
βCompassion naturally creates a positive atmosphere and as a result you feel peaceful and contentβ
βThe practice of tonglen allows us to breathe in suffering and breathe out compassion for all beingsβ
β Pema Chodron
βCompassion is the highest form of love and the deepest form of understanding combinedβ
β Osho
βI have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice through compassionβ
β Abraham Lincoln
βHe who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.β
βThe energy of mindfulness carries within it the energy of compassion and together they healβ
βThe opposite of love is not hate it is indifference and compassion is the antidote to indifferenceβ
β Elie Wiesel
βCompassion is the radicalism of our time and the bravest act we can performβ
βThe most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely with self-compassion and understandingβ
β Carl Jung
βAccept the things to which fate binds you and love the people with whom fate brings you together with compassionβ
β Marcus Aurelius
βSmall acts when multiplied by millions of people can transform the world through compassionβ
β Howard Zinn
βWe do not need more knowledge we need more compassion to heal this wounded worldβ
β Tenzin Palmo
βOnly from the heart can you touch the sky with compassion as your wingsβ
βRaise your words not your voice for it is rain that grows flowers not thunder and compassion is that gentle rainβ
βYour living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by what compassion you bring to lifeβ
βThe best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others through compassionβ
β Mahatma Gandhi
βThrough compassion you find that all human beings are just like you and that suffering is universalβ
βForgiveness and compassion are not just ethereal spiritual things they are the essence of what makes us humanβ
β Desmond Tutu
βOur task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.β
βCompassion asks us to look into our own hearts discover what gives us pain and refuse to inflict it on othersβ
β Karen Armstrong
βEvery single being even those who are hostile to us is just as afraid of suffering as we are and seeks happiness through compassionβ
βA human being is a part of the whole called universe and compassion connects us to that wholeβ
β Albert Einstein
βWherever you go carry compassion with you for it is the lightest burden and the greatest giftβ
β Seneca
βTo pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.β
β Horace Mann
βHe who feels no compassion will receive none.β
β Sa'di Shirazi
βHave enough courage to trust compassion one more time and always one more timeβ
β Maya Angelou
βWe are all broken by something and compassion is the recognition that we are more alike than we are differentβ
β Bryan Stevenson
βCompassion does not see the faults of others it sees only suffering that needs to be addressedβ
β Amma
βWhen you begin to touch your heart you discover it is bottomless and your compassion is infiniteβ
βMan may dismiss compassion, and those who feel it are sometimes combated as weaklings. But the process is a natural one. And the feeling that results is often the most profound thing in life.β
β Charles Darwin
βCompassion fatigue is not a sign of weakness but a call to deepen our practice and find renewalβ
β Matthieu Ricard
βThe best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.β
β William Wordsworth
βCompassion literally means to feel with to suffer with and in that shared feeling we find strengthβ
βCompassion is not about trying to fix anyone it is about holding space for their experienceβ
β Gelong Thubten
βBeing deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage through compassionβ
βEven the darkest night will end and the sun will rise bringing compassion with its lightβ
β Victor Hugo
βHave compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.β
β Gautama Buddha
βYou must love in such a way that the person you love feels free through your compassionβ
βLove makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place through the doorway of compassionβ
β Zora Neale Hurston
βIf we stop long enough we can hear the still small voice of compassion calling us homeβ
β Wayne Muller
βCompassion and tolerance are not signs of weakness but signs of incredible strengthβ
β Aung San Suu Kyi
βTo love someone means to see them as God intended them through the eyes of compassionβ
β Fyodor Dostoevsky
βCompassion is the daily practice of recognizing and accepting our shared humanityβ
β Brene Brown
βCompassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded it is a covenant between equalsβ
βI slept and dreamt that life was joy then I awoke and saw that life was service through compassionβ
β Rabindranath Tagore
βAttention is the rarest and purest form of generosity and the gateway to compassionβ
β Simone Weil
βTo be compassionate is to recognize that we are all interconnected in the web of existenceβ
βCompassion is the key to the gate of forgiveness and forgiveness opens the door to loveβ
β Marianne Williamson
βThe dew of compassion is a tear.β
β Lord Byron
βDo unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you with compassionβ
β Wendell Berry
βIf the only prayer you ever say is thank you that will be enough to open the door of compassionβ
β Meister Eckhart
βTeach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.β
βEverything belongs when seen through the eyes of compassion nothing needs to be excludedβ
β Richard Rohr
βReal compassion is being fully present to what the moment calls for without resistanceβ
β Sharon Salzberg
βUltimately we have just one moral duty to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves through compassionβ
β Etty Hillesum
βThe more you are motivated by compassion the more fearless and confident you will becomeβ
βTrue belonging does not require you to change who you are it requires you to be who you are with compassionβ
βEven in our sleep pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until compassion comesβ
β Aeschylus
βWhen you plant lettuce and it does not grow well you do not blame the lettuce you look for reasons with compassionβ
βCompassion is the divine love that responds to the cry of every suffering soul in the universeβ
β Sri Aurobindo
βBefore you know kindness as the deepest thing inside you must know sorrow and extend compassionβ
β Naomi Shihab Nye
βAn animal looks at you with the eyes of compassion reminding you that all creatures deserve kindnessβ
β Martin Buber
βCompassion asks us to go where it hurts to enter into places of pain and share in brokennessβ
βYou cannot have an up without a down and you cannot have love without practicing compassionβ
β Alan Watts
βHere is what we seek a compassion that can stand in awe at what the poor have to carryβ
β Gregory Boyle
βWhen two people relate to each other with compassion a living force exists between themβ
βNo act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.β
β Aesop
βIn the end only three things matter how much you loved how gently you lived and how gracefully you let go with compassionβ
β Jack Kornfield
βOur greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude and compassion is always a choiceβ
β Viktor Frankl
βThe highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgment and with pure compassionβ
β Jiddu Krishnamurti
βCompassion is the thread that connects us when everything else has been torn apartβ
βStanding at the edge of suffering with the willingness to be present is the essence of compassionβ
β Roshi Joan Halifax
βDeveloping compassion does not require becoming religious but it does require developing concern for othersβ
βGrowth in compassion happens through those we welcome into our lives especially the vulnerableβ
βTo bow to the fact of our life and its necessity allows compassion to arise naturallyβ
βI wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being found through compassionβ
β Hafiz
βThe door to happiness opens outward and compassion is the hand that pushes it openβ
β Soren Kierkegaard
βWe are each made for goodness love and compassion and our lives are transformed when we act from these truthsβ
βEvery morning when we wake up we have twenty four brand new hours to live with compassionβ
βOur task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassionβ
βMay I be a guard for those who need protection a guide for those who journey with compassion leading the wayβ
β Shantideva
βKeeping your heart open in hell is the most radical act of compassion possibleβ
β Stephen Levine
βAnd forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair in compassionβ
β Kahlil Gibran
βLet my love like sunlight surround you and yet give you illumined freedom through compassionβ
βUnderstanding someone deeply is already an act of compassion toward that personβ
βFrom caring comes courage and from compassion comes strength to face any challengeβ
βPaying attention in a particular way on purpose in the present moment and without judgment is the root of compassionβ
β Jon Kabat-Zinn
βWith self-compassion we give ourselves the same kindness we would give a good friend in needβ
βNo one is born hating another person because of the color of their skin we learn hatred but can also learn compassionβ
β Nelson Mandela
βConnection is why we are here and compassion is the bridge that makes connection possibleβ
βLove is a choice you make from moment to moment and compassion is loves highest expressionβ
β Barbara De Angelis
βThe expectation that we can be immersed in suffering and loss and not be touched by it is unrealistic and asks of compassion the impossibleβ
β Rachel Naomi Remen
βTrue compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar it sees that the system which produces beggars needs restructuringβ
β Martin Luther King Jr.
βEducating the mind without educating the heart in compassion is no education at allβ
β Aristotle
βOut of suffering have emerged the strongest souls and the most compassionate heartsβ
βCourage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen with compassion for our imperfectionsβ
βWhat wisdom can you find that is greater than compassion for all living beingsβ
β Jean-Jacques Rousseau
βThe privilege of a lifetime is being who you are and extending compassion to all you meetβ
β Joseph Campbell
βCompassion is the sometimes fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside someone elses skinβ
β Frederick Buechner
βThe opposite of courage is not cowardice it is conformity and the absence of compassionβ
β Rollo May
βIf you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.β
β Dalai Lama XIV
βThe roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness and in the practice of compassionβ
βSimplicity patience and compassion are the three greatest treasures a person can possessβ
β Laozi
βTenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolutionβ
βIt is not what happens to you but how you react to it that matters and compassion shapes our responseβ
βWhen we practice deep looking we see that the other persons suffering is also our own sufferingβ
βCompassion is a verb it requires action not just feelingβ
βThe earth is what we all have in common and compassion for it connects us allβ
βWherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness and compassionβ
βWhen we feel love and compassion towards others it not only makes others feel loved but it helps us develop inner happinessβ
βLet your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone through compassionβ
β George Washington
βMy humanity is bound up in yours for we can only be human together through compassionβ
βDo not be satisfied with the stories that come before you and unfold your own tale with compassionβ
βWe cannot all do great things but we can do small things with great compassion every dayβ
β Mother Teresa
βHow 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.β
β George Washington Carver
βIf you let go a little you will have a little peace and a little compassion growsβ
β Ajahn Chah
βWherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.β
βCompassion is the quivering of the heart in response to the suffering of anotherβ
β Joan Halifax
βCompassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves.β
β Pema ChΓΆdrΓΆn
βHe who sees the suffering of others and is moved to compassion, obeys the law written in the heart.β
β Mencius
βThe heart has its reasons which reason does not know and compassion speaks from the heartβ
β Blaise Pascal
βHave compassion for all beings rich and poor alike for each has their own sufferingβ
β Buddha
βLove and compassion are necessities not luxuries for without them humanity cannot surviveβ
βPerhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants our compassionβ
β Rainer Maria Rilke
βThe soul that has no established aim loses itself; for, as they say, to be everywhere is to be nowhere.β
β Michel de Montaigne
βOne of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything every night before you go to bed.β
β Ann Landers
βThe practice of compassion is bold it is the practice of choosing love even when it is not easyβ
βIn the gap between thoughts compassion dwells waiting to be awakened by our attentionβ
β Milarepa
βTo feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.β
β Adam Smith
βMay all sentient beings enjoy happiness and the root of happiness through boundless compassionβ
βThe purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help othersβ
βThe purpose of life is not to be happy but to be useful honorable and compassionateβ
β Ralph Waldo Emerson
βCompassion is born when we discover in the center of our own experience something akin to what others experienceβ
βCompassion is not about being soft it is about being strong enough to be present with painβ
βCompassion is not a luxury it is a necessity for our own peace of mind and for global survivalβ
βThe heart surrenders everything to the moment and the moment surrenders everything to compassionβ
β Ram Dass
βThe greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved through acts of compassionβ
βDo your little bit of good where you are for it is those little bits that overwhelm the world with compassionβ
βReal compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reasonβ
β Chogyam Trungpa
βThe wound is the place where the light enters you and compassion flows from that openingβ
βWhen the heart weeps for what it has lost the spirit laughs for what it has found through compassionβ
β John O Donohue
βCompassion and love are both experiences of the same force that connects all beings in the universeβ
βLet us touch the dying the poor the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received with compassionβ
βIf we could read the secret history of our enemies we would find sorrow enough to disarm all hostility through compassionβ
βThe practice of compassion increases our capacity for engagement and our ability to be presentβ
βAttention is the beginning of devotion and devotion is the beginning of compassionβ
β Mary Oliver
βWe have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is compassion and communityβ
β Dorothy Day
βWhen you judge another you do not define them you define yourself as someone who lacks compassionβ
β Wayne Dyer
βWhen we practice generating compassion we can expect to experience our fear of painβ
βThe one thing that is common to all the great world traditions is the golden rule of compassionβ
βThe heart desires compassion as the thirsty desert desires the rain to bring it to lifeβ
βToo often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.β
β Leo Buscaglia
βOne does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious with compassionβ
βEvery person is guilty of all the good they did not do through lack of compassionβ
β Voltaire
βIt may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work of compassionβ
βIn the understanding of compassion there is an intelligence that is far beyond mere thoughtβ
βIf you feel pain you are alive and if you feel the pain of others you are a human being practicing compassionβ
β Leo Tolstoy
βWhen you reach the top of the mountain keep climbing with compassion as your guideβ
β Zen Proverb
βThe sun never says to the earth you owe me and look what happens with a love like that it lights the whole sky with compassionβ
βHelping fixing and serving represent three different ways of seeing life and only serving comes from compassionβ
βIn the beginners mind there are many possibilities and in compassion there are infinite onesβ
β Shunryu Suzuki
βThe best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.β
βIt takes courage to develop compassion in a world that often rewards indifferenceβ
βWhenever you are confronted with an opponent conquer them with compassion not with forceβ
βCompassion by its very nature cannot be touched off by the suffering of a whole class or a people but only by individualsβ
β Hannah Arendt
βEach of us is more than the worst thing we have ever done and compassion teaches us this truthβ
βThe sole meaning of life is to serve humanity through the practice of compassionβ
βWe are all just walking each other home and compassion lights the wayβ
βMindfulness and compassion are two wings of the same bird and we need both to flyβ
βWhat wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?β
βSometimes your joy is the source of your smile and sometimes your compassion is the source of your joyβ
βCompassion directed toward oneself is true humility and the beginning of all wisdomβ
βYou must not lose faith in humanity for humanity is an ocean and compassion is its deepest currentβ
βTo find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature and respond to all beings with compassionβ
β Bodhidharma
βHe who fights monsters should see to it that he himself does not become a monster but maintains compassionβ
β Friedrich Nietzsche
βThey alone live who live for others through compassion and selfless serviceβ
β Swami Vivekananda
βWe are more alike my friends than we are unalike and compassion teaches us this truthβ
βCompassion is the basis of morality.β
β Arthur Schopenhauer
βAll the joy the world contains comes through wishing happiness for others with compassionβ
βThe heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe through boundless compassionβ
βCompassion is the wish for all beings to be free from suffering and its causesβ
βPut your heart mind and soul into even your smallest acts of compassion for this is the secret of successβ
β Swami Sivananda
βWhether one believes in a religion or not there is not anyone who does not appreciate kindness and compassionβ
βI think we all have empathy but we may not all have enough courage to display it through compassionβ
β Mary Angelou
βOnly to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can our compassion truly deepenβ
βThe antidote to exhaustion is not necessarily rest it is wholeheartedness born of compassionβ
β David Whyte
βCompassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things in the web of lifeβ
βBetween stimulus and response there is a space and in that space is our power to choose compassionβ
βWalk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet practicing compassion with every stepβ
βIf we have no peace it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each otherβ
βDarkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that and compassion is that lightβ
βOne must learn to forgive God for being God and compassion teaches us how to beginβ
βA good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination especially when guided by compassionβ
βThe soul that perpetually overflows with kindness and sympathy will always be cheerful.β
β Parley P. Pratt
βCompassion is the capacity to include all beings in our field of care and concernβ
βHow you do anything is how you do everything so practice compassion in the smallest momentsβ
β Cheri Huber
βHe that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin.β
β Thomas Secker
βNot everything that is faced can be changed but nothing can be changed until it is faced with compassionβ
β James Baldwin
βFear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth and compassion gives us courage to proceedβ
βThe person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences of compassion.β
βThe friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair is the one who shows true compassionβ
βLighthouses do not go running all over an island looking for boats to save they just stand there shining with compassionβ
β Anne Lamott
βIn a gentle way you can shake the world through persistent acts of compassionβ
βCompassion begins at home and when it is practiced at home it knows no limits in the worldβ
βThe idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world and the absence of compassionβ
β Paul Farmer
βDespite everything life is full of beauty and meaning if only we have compassion enough to see itβ
βWhen I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news my mother would say look for the helpers showing compassionβ
β Fred Rogers
βThere is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of compassion callingβ
β Howard Thurman
βI really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least through compassionβ
βA human being is a part of the whole, called by us 'Universe,' a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest β a kind of optical delusion of consciousness.β
βTo be human is to be fragile and to embrace our fragility with compassion and tendernessβ
βWe cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable selves to be seen with compassionβ
βI prayed for freedom for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my feet and my compassionβ
β Frederick Douglass
βCompassion is the wish that all beings may be free from suffering born from understanding our common humanityβ
βThe practice of compassion requires discipline and concentration it is an art that demands masteryβ
β Erich Fromm
βThe boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom and compassion dissolves those boundariesβ
βHow wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world through compassionβ
β Anne Frank
βCompassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity in moments of struggleβ
βWhatever you do for others do it with true compassion and you will never make a mistakeβ
βTransformed people transform people through the power of authentic compassionβ
βLet yourself be open and life will be easier with compassion as your constant companionβ
βI would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it.β
β Thomas Aquinas
βCompassion allows us to bear witness to suffering whether it is in ourselves or others without fearβ
βWhat do we live for if it is not to make life less difficult for each other through compassionβ
β George Eliot
βThe world is changed by your example not by your opinion so let your example be one of compassionβ
β Paulo Coelho
βCompassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves and kindness begins with awarenessβ
βThe simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful than a thousand heads bowing in prayerβ
βThe principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious ethical and spiritual traditionsβ
βThe world is changed by your example not by your opinion and compassion is the greatest exampleβ
βBefore enlightenment chop wood carry water and after enlightenment chop wood carry water with compassionβ
βWhen a man has compassion for others, God has compassion for him.β
β Talmud
βRadical compassion begins with accepting our own imperfection and the imperfection of life itselfβ
βWhat value has compassion that does not take its object in its arms?β
β Antoine de Saint-ExupΓ©ry
βTeach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see; that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.β
β Alexander Pope
βThe whole worth of a kind deed lies in the love that inspires it.β
β The Talmud
βIf your compassion does not include yourself it is incomplete and cannot truly extend to othersβ
βUntil we extend our circle of compassion to all living things we will not ourselves find peaceβ
βWe may have different religions different languages but we all share the capacity for compassionβ
β Kofi Annan
βThe heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe.β
βThe mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.β
β Everett Dirksen
βThe simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.β
βKindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.β
βEvery person must choose how much truth they can stand and approach others with compassion for their limitsβ
β Irvin Yalom
βLove is the most universal the most tremendous and the most mysterious of cosmic forces and compassion is its faceβ
βCompassion is not a matter of sympathy but of seeing clearly and working with what isβ
βThe essence of being human is in extending compassion to those who suffer mostβ
βLife is most meaningful when it is lived in service to others through compassion and loveβ
βThe most important thing in this world is to learn to give out love, and let it come in.β
β Morrie Schwartz
βAlthough the world is full of suffering it is also full of the overcoming of it through compassionβ
β Helen Keller
βWhen we get too caught up in the busyness of the world we lose connection with the compassion that lives in our heartsβ
βSpread love everywhere you go and let no one ever come to you without leaving happier through compassionβ
βNo one has ever become poor by giving.β
βLet everything happen to you beauty and terror just keep going with compassion no feeling is finalβ
βMercy to him that shows it, is the rule.β
β William Cowper
βOur human compassion binds us to one another not in pity but as human beingsβ
βThe wretched have no compassion; they can do good only from strong principles of duty.β
β Samuel Johnson
βThe purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.β
βCompassion practice is daring and it involves learning to relax and allowing ourselves to move gently toward what scares usβ
βOne who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.β
β Sophocles
βOurs is not the task of fixing the entire world but of stretching out to mend the part within our reach with compassionβ
β Clarissa Pinkola Estes
βSelf-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to othersβ
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