Sometimes we are separated by differences, and sometimes we are united by common ideals of respect and compassion.
True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.
Compassion begins with the acknowledgment of the single inescapable truth that is the foundation for the possibility of love between human beings - an awareness of the tragic sense of life.
I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.
If you take me out of it, I find 'six degrees' to be a beautiful concept that we should try to live by. It's about compassion and responsibility for everyone on the planet.
Great compassion penetrates into the marrow of the bone. It is the support of all living beings. Like the love of a parent for an only child, the tenderness of the Compassionate One is all-pervasive.
My wife is the most awesome person in the universe. She's made this experience much less miserable for me, with her compassion, patience and understanding.
Folklore and mythology, as well as man's catastrophic disregard for nature, are the meat of Joseph D'Lacey's horror. But the prime cuts are always compassion and surprise.
I want to have compassion for my characters - I feel like I am the characters when I'm writing them.
If God's people are to be living examples of one thing, that thing ought to be - it must be - compassion.
May I see my own limits with compassion, just as I view the limits of others.
Never be discouraged from being an activist because people tell you that you'll not succeed. You have already succeeded if you're out there representing truth or justice or compassion or fairness or love.
Only your compassion and your loving kindness are invincible, and without limit.
Lynching is the method of vulgar men! He who is deprived of compassion is deprived of everything!
Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha.
What I've come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand messianic gestures, but in the simple accumulation of gentle, soft, almost invisible acts of compassion.
Without passion, nothing happens; without compassion, the wrong things happen.
Perhaps fate isn't blind after all. Perhaps it's capable of fantasy, even compassion.
Walter Mercado means love, peace and understanding, means compassion.
Anger devours almost all other good emotions. It deadens the soul. It numbs the heart to joy and gratitude and hope and tenderness and compassion and kindness.
Compassion is easily forsaken in the midst of prosperity, even when this prosperity is God given.
If compassion and mercy are not compatible with politics then something is the matter with politics.
Pay attention, people! There's no excuse for making the same mistakes that others have made. If you do, it's your own fault and you should expect no sympathy, no compassion.
I feel with loving compassion the problems of others without getting caught up emotionally in their predicaments that are offering them messages they need for their growth.
I believe the arts are the best way to help people go on a journey of self-discovery toward their own compassion and empathy for humanity and themselves.
Compassion automatically brings happiness and calmness. Then, even if you receive disturbing news, it will be easier to take, as your mind is still.
Nature has no compassion. Nature accepts no excuses and the only punishment it knows is death.
I will have faith that, though I might not understand why adversity happens, by my conscious choice I can find strength, compassion, and grace through my trials.
We often want the world to think we are strong and everything is perfect, when the reality is sometimes we are hurting and need a shoulder to cry on or just compassion or empathy.
We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion.
Self-compassion is key because when we're able to be gentle with ourselves in the midst of shame, we're more likely to reach out, connect, and experience empathy.
Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another.
Whatever life presents us, our response can be an expression of our compassion.
Christopher believed that to overcome any adversity, no matter how challenging, you need to go forward each day with strength, determination and compassion.
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.
Canadians have much to be proud of and much to teach the world about compassion.
The question is not how to survive, but how to thrive with passion, compassion, humor and style.
Our God is known for His compassion for the needy; let us be known for it as well.
How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion?
Compassion brings fulfillment to the heart. Selfish desires simply agitate the heart.
Those who unlock your compassion are those to whom you've been assigned.
To act, no matter how the character is, you have to love and have compassion for the character you're playing.
That which is impermanent attracts compassion. That which is not provides wisdom. (116)
The Minnesota spirit of compassion and help for people in need has moved countless Minnesotans to step forward to provide relief for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
Ask yourself if these Democrats still speak for you. When they say we have a duty to grow government even when we can't afford it, does it sound like compassion to you - or recklessness?
He is man whose heart is spirited and eyes are wet each moment on account of the sorrow, compassion, virtue, beauty, and nobility that decorate this world.
I'm fascinated how often and with what whole-heartedness people will risk their lives to perform acts of courage, sacrifice, and compassion for total strangers.
The greater the force of your compassion, the greeater your resilience in confronting hardships.
Compassion is to look beyond your own pain, to see the pain of others.
We must help each other to be present and compassionate. Remember that we have no idea what the person next to us is going through; compassion is the only choice.
I hope I would leave a legacy of joy -a legacy of real compassion.
I like the humility that comes from being hated. Hopefully some humility and compassion comes out of that.
Calmly contemplating these dimensions and bringing them into the service of compassion and kindness is the right way to make rapid gains in meditation as well as in life.
What interests me is love, sex, death, cruelty, compassion and the desire for meaning in an apparently godless universe. In other words the human condition.
Compassion is our deepest nature. It arises from our interconnection with all things.
When someone says something dunderheaded to me about the material, it's usually a big neon sign revealing their own damage or ignorance, so my compassion kicks in.
Nothing excites compassion, in friend and foe alike, as much as the sight of you ker-splonked on the Tarmac with your propeller buried six feet under.
Not feeling compassion for a stranger is like not feeling when one's foot has caught fire
Inner values like friendship, trust, honesty and compassion are much more reliable than money - they always bring happiness and strength.
Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act.
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