Quotes About Compassion

Third, this unitary definition of love includes self-love with love for the other. Since I am human and you are human, to love humans means to love myself as well as you.

True listening involves bracketing, a setting aside of the self.

As I have defined it, love is the antithesis of laziness. Ordinary laziness is a passive failure to love. Some ordinarily lazy people may not lift a finger to extend themselves unless they are compelled to do so. Their being is a manifestation of nonlove; still, they are not evil.

It has been further suggested that the absence of love is the major cause of mental illness and that the presence of love is consequently the essential healing element in psychotherapy. This

If I truly love another, I will obviously order my behavior in such a way as to contribute the utmost to his or her spiritual growth.

The will to grow is in essence the same phenomenon as love. Love is the will to extend oneself for spiritual growth. Genuinely loving people are, by definition, growing people.

To confront one's beloved is to assume a position of moral or intellectual superiority over the loved one, at least so far as the issue at hand is concerned. Yet genuine love recognizes and respects the unique individuality and separate identity of the other person.

Yet even more important than role modeling is love.

The only true end of love is spiritual growth or human evolution.

M?sura-probabil cea mai bun?- a m?re?iei unei persoane este capacitatea de a suferi''.

we are incapable of loving another unless we love ourselves, just as we are incapable of teaching our children self-discipline unless we ourselves are self-disciplined.

Genuinely loving people are, by definition, growing people.

define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.

Vindecarea constituie rezultatul iubirii. Este o functie a iubirii. Oriunde exista iubire exista vindecare. Si oriunde nu exista iubire exista totusi putina - dar pretionasa - vindecare. In mod paradoxal, o psihologie a raului trebuie sa fie o psihologie prin care se manifesta iubirea. Trebuie sa fie plina de iubire de viata.

On the contrary, real love often occurs in a context in which the feeling of love is lacking, when we act lovingly despite the fact that we don't feel loving.

love ''as the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.

Ne?manoma suprasti kito, nepadarius jam erdv?s savyje.

It is impossible to truly understand another without making room for that person within yourself.

Failure to perceive and respect this separateness is extremely common, however, and the cause of much mental illness and unnecessary suffering.

There was nothing wrong with being understanding and sympathetic. It had been instilled in him all his life... Be a good Christian, son. Put others needs before your own. It had been so instilled in him, in fact, that once he was away from home, he'd had to learn it was also okay to speak about your own needs and say what you wanted, too. The trick was to somehow find a balance between the two.

When you plant a seed of love, it is you that blossoms.

Compassion is the religion of the heart.

There is no prayer greater than service.

Love costs less than hate. (Told to Ma by her babysitter, Tirza the Winebath Girl.)