Quotes about compassion
compassion belief ancient
The sanctity proceeds out of the belief... that ancient principle where God says "before you were formed in the womb I knew you," and so for the first time in my public life I sought to stand with great compassion for the sanctity of life. Mike Pence
compassion purpose our-love
Religion has nothing to do with compassion; it is our love for God that is the main thing because we have all been created for the sole purpose to love and be loved. Mother Teresa
compassion giving sick
God has identified himself with the hungry, the sick, the naked, the homeless; hunger not only for bread, but for love, for care, to be somebody to someone; nakedness, not for clothing only, but nakedness of that compassion that very few people give to the unknown; homelessness, not only just for a shelter made from stone but for that homelessness that comes from having no one to call your own.
compassion love-is fruit
The fruit of love is service, which is compassion in action.
compassion trade edges
YOU MUST LEARN THE COMPASSION PROPER TO YOUR TRADE" "And what's that?" "A SHARP EDGE. Terry Pratchett
compassion stewardship
Nature is cruel but we don't have to be Temple Grandin
compassion mind beginners
The beginner's mind is the mind of compassion. When our mind is compassionate, it is boundless. Shunryu Suzuki
compassion people seems
Some people seem to see compassion as being mushy. Laura Schlessinger
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.
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.
compassion conflict guides
In a situation of potential conflict, let compassion guide you.
compassion practice meditation
As we practice meditation we are bringing forth ease, presence, compassion, wisdom & trust.
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.
compassion resilience wells
Resilience is based on compassion for ourselves as well as compassion for others
compassion opening morose
Compassion isn't morose; it's something replenishing and opening; that's why it makes us happy.
compassion expression response
Whatever life presents us, our response can be an expression of our compassion.
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.
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.
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.
compassion unhappy demand
Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food Joseph Butler
compassion justice judging
Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true. Leonard Cohen
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 sight giving
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. Leo Tolstoy
compassion animal vegetarianism
'Thou shalt not kill' does not apply to murder of one's own kind only, but to all living beings and this commandment was inscribed in the human breast long before it was proclaimed from Sinai.
compassion people important
we come to realize that other people's welfare is just as important as our own. In helping them, we help ourselves. In helping ourselves, we help the world. Pema Chodron
compassion order compassion-for-others
In order to have compassion for others, we have to have compassion for ourselves.
compassion working-with-others action
Compassionate action involves working with ourselves as much as working with others.
compassion making-friends
Compassion starts with making friends with ourselves.
compassion self imperfection
Compassion isn't some kind of self-improvement project or ideal that we're trying to live up to. Having compassion starts and ends with having compassion for all those unwanted parts of ourselves, all those imperfections that we don't even want to look at.