Quotes about compass
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. Pema Chodron
compassion long perfection
As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion. Pema Chodron
compassion medicine suffering
Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings. Pema Chodron
compassion maturity people
Where I didn't have the maturity and the compassion to consider other people's needs, I did a lot of damage. Peter Coyote
compassion done needed
Forgiveness is like a great act of compassion. That it was done not because someone deserved it, but because they needed it. Joss Whedon
compassion giving feelings
The Lord will give you, if you ask, the feelings of the compassion He feels for those in need. Henry B. Eyring
compassion compassion-for-others compassion-for-yourself
When you have learned compassion for yourself, compassion for others is automatic. Henepola Gunaratana
compassion stronger use
Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use. Mahatma Gandhi
compassion understanding black
You who have suffered so much do not want to be with the kind of person who makes "black widow" jokes to deal with an uncomfortable, painful moment. You should be with a person capable of great compassion and understanding. Mallory Ortberg
compassion people vegetarian
I do not say that one who is vegetarian is full of compassion and one who is not, is otherwise. We sometimes find people, who are vegetarians, are very bad people. Morarji Desai
compassion race wind
In harvesting of evil deeds, the human race is busy; and doing so is to taste the pangs of Hell . . . The piling up of wealth is the piling up of others' property; what one thus storeth formeth but provisions for one's enemies... I wash off human scandal by devotion true; and by my zeal, I satisfy the Deities. By compassion, I subdue the demons; all blame I scatter to the wind, and upward turn my face. Milarepa
compassion australia resilience
Australia is a nation of compassion. Courage and compassion. And the third of these great values: resilience. Kevin Rudd
compassion-for-yourself
You can’t eat beauty. It doesn’t feed you. Lupita Nyong'o
compassion law modeling respect showing teach
You can't teach compassion by modeling callousness, and you can't teach respect for the law if you are showing disrespect.
compassion people community
It is not about sexuality that is important to most people who care, it is what we do for our community and our family, our friends and just human compassion for others that matter in the world we live in daily. Lisa Stone
compassion judging done
If the prisoner should ask the judge whether he would be content to be hanged, were he in his case, he would answer no. Then, says the prisoner, do as you would be done to. John Selden
compassion matter bees
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, there can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive. Ralph Waldo Emerson
compassion unique meditation
Each of us has a genuine capacity for love, forgiveness, wisdom and compassion. Meditation awakens these qualities so that we can discover for ourselves the unique happiness that is our birthright. Sharon Salzberg
compassion meditation-practice woven
I've always said that lovingkindness and compassion are inevitably woven throughout meditation practice even if the words are never used or implied, no matter what technique or method we are using. Sharon Salzberg
compassion skills names
Compassion allows us to bear witness to suffering, whether it is in ourselves or others, without fear; it allows us to name injustice without hesitation, to act strongly, with all the skill at our disposal. Sharon Salzberg
compassion conflict guides
In a situation of potential conflict, let compassion guide you. Sharon Salzberg
compassion practice meditation
As we practice meditation we are bringing forth ease, presence, compassion, wisdom & trust. Sharon Salzberg
compassion depth trauma
Someone who has experienced trauma also has gifts to offer all of us - in their depth, their knowledge of our universal vulnerability, and their experience of the power of compassion. Sharon Salzberg
compassion resilience wells
Resilience is based on compassion for ourselves as well as compassion for others Sharon Salzberg
compassion opening morose
Compassion isn't morose; it's something replenishing and opening; that's why it makes us happy. Sharon Salzberg
compassion expression response
Whatever life presents us, our response can be an expression of our compassion. Sharon Salzberg
compassion meditation mindfulness
Every day seems to reveal a new piece of research about meditation, or new clinical applications of mindfulness or compassion practice, or new corporations or foundations or non-profits bringing mindfulness to work. Sharon Salzberg
compassion understood collectives
In the collective psyche it is being understood... that we can cultivate wisdom and compassion. Tara Brach
compassion relaxation doorways
Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion. Tara Brach
compassion suffering action
Compassion can be described as letting ourselves be touched by the vulnerability and suffering that is within ourselves and all beings. The full flowering of compassion also includes action: Not only do we attune to the presence of suffering, we respond to it. Tara Brach
compassion distraction religion-and-politics
Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction. Talib Kweli
compassion answers world
Violence is not the answer, it doesn’t work any more. We are at the end of the worst century in which the greatest atrocities in the history of the world have occurred... The nature of human beings must change. We must cultivate love and compassion. Martin Scorsese
compassion expression church
Compassion in evangelical churches is out of balance. When I talk about it, I get a lot of glazed expressions. Max Lucado