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We do not increase compassion by expanding it to cover anything. Instead, we kill a good word by making it mean too much, and nothing.
Where there's compassion, no heirarchy can exist. Where men are allowed to create themselves as equals, evil cannot thrive or survive.
Who can go to a rodeo and then criticize the hunter? ... an expertly placed bullet would be the best gift a rodeo horse could receive.
Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.
What a liberating thing to realize that our problems are probably our richest sources for rising to the ultimate virtue of compassion.
With Tourette's, there's this element of vulnerability and compassion and empathy that you innately possess because of the affliction.
I still arrive, in order to laugh and to cry, to fear and to hope. The rhythm of my heart is the birth and death of all that is alive.
Their false compassion is called compassion and their false understanding is called understanding, for this is their most potent spell.
Making choices that improve things for all of us on the planet is an act of compassion, a simple act we can do any time we go shopping.
Compassion should be our animating principle when undertaking instruction with children and adults, since they are made in God's image.
They too, are created by the same loving hand of God which Created us...It is our duty to Protect Them and to promote their well-being.
There is so much we can do to render service, to make a difference in the world - no matter how large or small our circle of influence.
Steadfast benevolence, sustained by the wisdom that anything other than benevolence is painful, protects the mind from all afflictions.
One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counter-forces, like love and compassion.
All meditation must begin with arousing deep compassion. Whatever one does must emerge from an attitude of love and benefitting others.
I don't really think about doing something kind, I think there's just a way to conduct your daily life with compassion to other people.
Just as compassion is the wish that all sentient beings be free of suffering, loving-kindness is the wish that all may enjoy happiness.
The monument of a great man is not of granite or marble or bronze. It consists of his goodness, his deeds, his love and his compassion.
Looking at various means of developing compassion, I think empathy is an important factor: the ability to appreciate others' suffering.
If the sage wants to stand above people, he must speak to them from below. If he wants to lead people, he must follow them from behind.
I understand what it's like to go to hospitals and there's no medicine, and the best thing you have to give the patients is compassion.
At the end of the day, I believe we can all work to foster a spirit of compassion, understanding, and awareness within our communities.
If Abe Lincoln took part in the Republican debates, he would look out of place with his intelligence, compassion and gaping head wound.
It were much better that a sentient being should never have existed, than that it should have existed only to endure unmitigated misery.
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
It's hard to pull apart empathy from compassion. What is really clear is that we innately care for other people at least to some extent.
People are able to live with only half a heart, to live without real compassion, because they are able to use words that are only forms.
You can't expect drive and compassion from everyone who enters your life, but you have to demand it of the people you are creating with.
We give it up and just look directly with compassion and humor at who we are. Then loneliness is no threat and heartache, no punishment.
The old question still remains: Can a free people restrain crime without sacrificing fundamental liberties and a heritage of compassion?
We are still working with an incomplete compass. The time is right to bring the full power of genomics to bear on the problem of cancer.
Poor animals! How jealously they guard their pathetic bodies...that which to us is merely an evening's meal, but to them is life itself.
Liberals measure compassion by how many people are given welfare. Conservatives measure compassion by how many people no longer need it.
For me the prophetic has to do with mustering the courage to love, to empathize, to exercise compassion, and to be committed to justice.
Anger and hatred lead to fear; compassion and concern for others allow us to develop self-confidence, which breeds trust and friendship.
Be sensitive to the plight of others. You have to know about the tragedies as well as the triumphs, the failures as well as the success.
Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh.
A man, who can, in cold blood, hunt and torture a poor, innocent animal, cannot feel much compassion for the distress of his own species.
Inner values like friendship, trust, honesty and compassion are much more reliable than money - they always bring happiness and strength.
Relational trust is built on movements of the human heart such as empathy, commitment, compassion, patience, and the capacity to forgive.
If we have love and compassion in our hearts, then we will wholeheartedly serve those who suffer from lack of food, clothing and shelter.
In all human sorrow nothing gives comfort but love and faith, and that in the sight of Christ's compassion for us no sorrow is trifiling.
Conservatives understand that the power that binds our republic together is fierce independence held high on the shoulders of compassion.
I'm not here to talk about bigotry in the sense that I don't know what's in Donald Trump's heart. I hope that it's a heart of compassion.
Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love.
Compassion for animals is something that every child has naturally but they are lured away from these instincts by society's nasty habits.
When someone who is suffering looks to you for compassion, it's indeed a blessing; you are chosen to be their Light in a moment of sorrow.
In worship an increased power steals its way into the heart sanctuary, an increased compassion grows in the soul. To worship is to change.
There should be a balance between material and spiritual progress, a balance achieved through the principles based on love and compassion.
When we develop a right attitude of compassion and gratitude, we take a giant step towards solving our personal and international problems