Quotes About Compassion

How can a person who is awake avoid outrage at the world?

Matthew 25:29), derived from what might be the harshest statement ever attributed to Christ: "to those who have everything, more will be given; from those who have nothing, everything will be taken.

the harshest statement ever attributed to Christ: "to those who have everything, more will be given; from those who have nothing, everything will be taken.

As Jung points out, this means embracing and loving the sinner who is yourself, as much as forgiving and aiding someone else who is stumbling and imperfect.

But just as often, people are bullied because they won't fight back. This happens not infrequently to people who are by temperament compassionate and self-sacrificing—particularly if they are also high in negative emotion, and make a lot of gratifying noises of suffering when someone sadistic confronts them (children who cry more easily, for example, are more frequently bullied).

Perhaps you will then see that if all people did this, in their own lives, the world might stop being an evil place. After that, with continued effort, perhaps it could even stop being a tragic place. Who knows what existence might be like if we all decided to strive for the best? Who knows what eternal heavens might be established by our spirits, purified by truth, aiming skyward, right here on the fallen Earth? Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world.

Naive, harmless people usually guide their perceptions and actions with a few simple axioms: people are basically good; no one really wants to hurt anyone else; the threat (and, certainly, the use) of force, physical or otherwise, is wrong.

What shall I do when I despise what I have? Remember those who have nothing and strive to be grateful.

If I was the dictator, with my profound understanding of Marx's real intent, and my universal benevolent compassion, uncontaminated by any proclivity toward darkness or sin, I would bring on the socialist Utopia.

What shall I do when greed consumes me? Remember that it is truly better to give than to receive.

A little careful kindness goes a long way, and judicious reward is a powerful motivator.

You must remove the beam in your own eye, before you concern yourself with the mote in your brother's.

Nadie que de verdad se encuentre del lado de la humanidad podría ponerse del lado de algo así. Nadie que pretenda prosperar podría permitirse quedar poseído por algo así. Y si piensas que los hombres duros son peligrosos, espera a ver de lo que son capaces los débiles.

And even if you do betray me, in a not-too unforgivable manner (assuming a certain degree, shall we say, of genuine apology and contrition on your part), I will continue to extend my hand. And part of the way I will do that is by telling you what I am feeling.

Podrías empezar tratándote como a alguien a quien tienes la responsabilidad de ayudar.

Don't think that it is easier to surround yourself with good healthy people than with bad unhealthy people. It's not. A good, healthy person is an ideal. It requires strength and daring to stand up near such a person. Have some humility. Have some courage. Use your judgment, and protect yourself from too-uncritical compassion and pity.

people will often accept or even amplify their own suffering, as well as that of others, if they can brandish it as evidence of the world's injustice.

Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto," said the Roman playwright Terence: nothing human is alien to me.

You could begin by treating yourself as if you were someone you were responsible for helping.

Me hicieron falta décadas para entender lo que esto significa, para entender una parte de lo que significa. Viene a ser así: una vez que eres consciente de tu propia vulnerabilidad, entiendes la naturaleza de la vulnerabilidad humana en general. Entiendes lo que significa el dolor. Y una vez que entiendes este tipo de sentimientos en ti mismo y cómo se producen, entiendes cómo suscitarlos en otras personas.

have learned not to steal my clients' problems from them. I don't want to be the redeeming hero or the deus ex machina—not in someone else's story. I don't want their lives.

With love, encouragement, and character intact, a human being can be resilient beyond imagining.

Only man will inflict suffering for the sake of suffering. That is the best definition of evil I have been able to formulate. Animals can't manage that, but humans, with their excruciating, semi-divine capacities, most certainly can.

Qué debo hacer cuando desprecio lo que tengo? Recordar a aquellos que no tienen nada y que aspiran a ser agradecidos».