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Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.
You can't have pride without humility. Aggression without tolerance. Strength without compassion. Power without restraint.
I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that's ever happened to me has taught me compassion.
If the extension of your compassion does not include all living beings, then you will be unable to find peace by yourself.
By taking a look at your anger it can be transformed into the kind of energy that you need - understanding and compassion.
Since suffering confers no rights on its victims, we who witness are the ones responsible for restoring these lost rights.
As a society, we come up lacking in many of the marks of compassion and wisdom by which we measure ourselves as civilized.
I feel compassion is so important to develop in ourselves. It's one of the most important elements of being a human being.
I'm a pretty tough guy, you know. I'm a pretty hard man. I've got a lot of compassion, but I don't waste time with people.
Rather than saying 'I hate mess', it might draw more compassion to say, 'mess terrifies me as a harbinger of catastrophe'.
Compassion and empathy are not the same as feeling sorry for oneself. They are emotions that extend our perceptual ranges.
The human capacity for compassion is not a reflex that is triggered automatically by the presence of another living thing.
Education is the way to achieve far-reaching results, it is the proper way to promote compassion and tolerance in society.
The essence of any religion is good heart. Sometimes I call love and compassion a universal religion. This is my religion.
The well taught philosophic mind To all compassion gives; Casts round the world an equal eye, And feels for all that lives.
A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir - a constant source of energy, determination, and kindness.
Compassion is the feeling of shared suffering. When you feel someone else's suffering, there is the birth of understanding.
The greatest antidote to insecurity & sense of fear is compassion. It brings one back to the basis of one's inner strength.
Compassion is the ability to understand how difficult it is for people to be the best of what they want to be at all times.
All the great feelings like goodness, love or compassion eliminate the gravity and thus the wingless man rises like a bird.
Healing invokes the power of compassion, both for yourself and for others... At this point, the healed may become a healer.
Help the world in any way that you want to. I have found that the more light you give and spread, the more you will evolve.
It is our enemies who provide us with the challenge we need to develop the qualities of tolerance, patience and compassion.
If you care about people, then you're willing to act not just with compassion, but you're also willing to act with courage.
I want you to find the poor here, right in your own home first. And begin love there. Be that good news to your own people.
In times of tragedies, our duty is to lend a helping hand to those in grief and thus light lamps of kindness and compassion.
When we are motivated by compassion and wisdom, the results of our actions benefit everyone, not just our individual selves.
Compassion is the only one of the human emotions the Lord permitted Himself and it has carried the divine flavor ever since.
Woman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion.
A little flattery, like a warm bath and soft towel, will let you get along with yourself, lie down with yourself, and sleep.
Buddha also said that the Dharma, like a bird, needs two wings to fly, and that the wing that balances Wisdom is compassion.
What would we have to hold in compassion to be at peace right now? What would we have to let go of to be at peace right now?
When we encounter suffering, it is important to respond w/ compassion rather than to question the politics of those we help.
Forgiveness is like a great act of compassion. That it was done not because someone deserved it, but because they needed it.
I'm glad I'm funny. I'm glad I make people happy, because that's very important. But I'm proud to be known as a kind person.
Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others.
We will be remembered not for the power of our weapons but for the power of our compassion, our dedication to human welfare.
The hardest thing we are asked to do in this world is to remain aware of suffering, suffering about which we can do nothing.
Above all, being a Democrat means having compassion for others. ... It means standing up for people who have been kept down.
Compassion is one of the principal things that make our lives meaningful. It is the source of all lasting happiness and joy.
When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
GNP measures neither our courage, our wisdom neither our compassion. It measures everything except what makes life worthwhile
We're a migrant nation made up of people who've been torn out of other worlds, and you'd think we would have some compassion.
Compassion doesn't, of course, mean feeling sorry for people, or pity, which is how the word has become emasculated in a way.
A compassionate mind is very difficult to cultivate because compassion demands a sense of equality between all living beings.
Small minds select narrow roads; expand your mental vision and take to the broad road of helpfulness, compassion and service.
Clearly America is exceptional in its immorality, lack of human compassion, and disrespect for law and its founding document.
Islam is a faith that brings comfort to people. It inspires them to lead lives based on honesty, and justice, and compassion.
A summons home to the nature that nourishes the best human qualities of creativity, intelligence, connection, and compassion.
Americans in general have a lot of compassion, we just don't always have the same view of how that compassion is implemented.