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compassion desire embrace individual moves scope self universal
Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its self-concern to embrace the whole of the universal self. Arnold Toynbee
compassion people abuse
"Sentimentalist" is the abuse with which people counter the accusation that they are cruel, thereby implying that to be sentimental is worse that to be cruel, which it isn't. Brigid Brophy
compassion tolerance toleration
Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none. Edmund Burke
compassion fire stealing
We cannot steal the fire. We must enter it. Rumi
compassion literature fairness
Fair and softly goes far. Miguel de Cervantes
compassion work-out earth
Because of his compassion Owen was always in trouble with his partners. They would have much preferred a tough, down-to-earth manager who would get a days work out of the little bastards. John Kenneth Galbraith
compassion voice people
From the fact of general well-being came the new position of the poor. They were now in most communities a minority. The voice of the people was now the voice of relative affluence. Politicians in pursuit of votes could be expected to have a diminishing concern for the very poor. Compassion would have to serve instead - an uncertain substitute.
compassion roots oneself
The root of compassion, is compassion for oneself. Pema Chodron
compassion circles compassion-for-others
As we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others - what and whom we can work with, and how - becomes wider.