Quotes About Compassion

FORGIVENESS MIGHT WORK in a monastery, I hear you say, but if we give that sort of forgiveness in real life, we'll be taken advantage of. People will walk all over us — they'll just think we're weak. I agree. Such forgiveness rarely works on its own. As the saying goes, "He who turns the other cheek, must visit the dentist twice, rather than once!

The pure heart is a happy heart.

Se ognuno di noi imparasse dalle lezioni della vita il cuore morbido del proprio credo. Se ognuno di noi diventasse un virtuoso dell'amore all'interno della sua religione. E poi, avendo imparato bene la sua religione, se andasse oltre a imparare a suonare come i membri di un'orchestra, in armonia con altre religioni. (p 172)

But Buddha commanded Patacara to recover her presence of mind. Her madness left her, and she worshipped at Buddha's feet. "Death of people we love is inevitable," said the Buddha. "It is a waste of life to brood or become bitter. No one can shelter us from the fate that awaits us. It is therefore incumbent that we set off on the path to nibbana.

Buddhism is a religion of the heart. Only this. One who practices to develop the heart is one who practices Buddhism [...] Use your heart to listen to the Teachings, not your ears.

It's all Dhamma if we have mindfulness. When we see the animals that run away from danger, we see that they are just like us. They flee from suffering and run towards happiness. They also have fear. They fear for their lives just as we do. When we see according to truth, we see that all animals and human beings are no different. We are all mutual companions of birth, old age, sickness, and death.

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

The one who has ever been in Love will never defame it. Love means expansion!

Giving. In the RYMR leadership guide, Dr. Torie Weiston-Serdan, author of Critical Mentoring: A Practical Guide , says, "Muhammad Ali showed us that giving, even at the point of personal sacrifice,

No puedo permitirme odiar a nadie. No tengo tanto tiempo

Now, don't get angry, Kei-chan. We're both crybabies, aren't we? Only now you've become a romantic crybaby and I'm a humanist crybaby.)

I can't afford to hate anyone. I don't have that kind of time.

I had been ready to reproach her for the indignities she had caused me to suffer in the past, but suddenly I was moved by this figure of an old woman I no longer recognized, and all I could do was stare vacantly down at her.

ZobaczyÅ' pluskwÄ™ i tak siÄ™ rozzÅ'oÅ›ciÅ' na nieszczÄ™snego insekta, ?e nawet go nie zabiÅ'. Po có? ofiarowywa? krwiopijcy mÄ™czeÅ"skÄ… Å›mier?? Polepsza? pluskwie karmÄ™, ?eby w nastÄ™pnym ?yciu odrodziÅ'a siÄ™ na wy?szym stopniu sansary? FigÄ™ dostanie, a nie sansarÄ™.

To paraphrase an old Afrikaans idiom; it is necessary to eat a bag of salt with these people to realise the extent of their misery and suffering within touching distance of one of the wealthiest little communities to be found on any continent. For those who wish to follow in my footsteps, it's all there for the taking but it requires moments of considerable insight, humility and understanding of the frailties of human nature. Some would call it compassion.

I don't understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it's a concept I honestly cannot grasp. To me, it's not who you love… a man, a woman, what have you… it's the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.

Sometimes all you had to do was breathe to ruin somebody's else's day.

She had lost her compassion for people and a thick crust of indifference had formed around her feelings - that disgust that afflicts the exhausted, the frustrated, and the perverted and prevents them from sympathizing with others.

Les mauvais médecins seraient donc ceux qu'on aime assez pour vouloir les intéresser à ses propres maux; et les bons médecins sont ceux au contraire qui vous demandent selon l'usage: "Comment allez-vous?" et qui n'écoutent pas la réponse.

Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test.

love is a skill, not just an enthusiasm.

I knew everything and received everything. But real happiness, is giving.

The people who criticise you will not be the ones taking care of your legs when you are in your wheelchair. People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don't know.

Even when we think of empathy as a tool for good, it might not be a good idea to oversell its strengths, and we should remember that there will always be people who will use it against others for their own benefit.