Quotes About Compassion

Shame is the feeling you get when you believe that you're not worthy of anyone caring about you or loving you. That you're such a bad person that you can't even blame other people for not caring about you.

We're going to need to intentionally be with people who are different from us. We're going to have to sign up, join, and take a seat at the table. We're going to have to learn how to listen, have hard conversations, look for joy, share pain, and be more curious than defensive, all while seeking moments of togetherness.

I can be as much of a lost and stumbling traveler as anyone else.

We are hard on others because we're hard on ourselves. That's exactly how judgment works.

Compassionate people ask for what they need. They say no when they need to, and when they say yes, they mean it. They're compassionate because their boundaries keep them out of resentment.

I felt totally exposed and completely loved and accepted at the same time (which is the definition of compassion for me).

She was everything I thought she'd be. Fierce and kind. Gentle and tough.

I don't know. I really don't. All I know is that my life is better when I assume that people are doing their best. It keeps me out of judgment and lets me focus on what is, and not what should or could be." His answer felt like truth to me. Not an easy truth, but truth.

empathy requires some vulnerability, and we risk getting back a "mind your own damn business" look, but it's worth it.

Practicing courage, compassion, and connection in our daily lives is how we cultivate worthiness. The key word is practice.

I think our first response to pain—ours or someone else's—is to self-protect. We protect ourselves by looking for someone or something to blame. Or sometimes we shield ourselves by turning to judgment or by immediately going into fix-it mode.

When we develop and practice empathy, courage and compassion, we move from disconnection to connection. This creates the liberation we need to enjoy the things we value rather than be imprisoned by what others expect.

strong back, soft front, wild heart.

Like all sympathy, it said, "I'm over here and you're over there. I'm sorry for you and I'm sad for you. AND, while I'm sorry that happened to you, let's be clear: I'm over here." This is not compassion.

Common humanity recognizes that suffering and feelings of personal inadequacy are part of the shared human experience

Compassion is a daily practice and empathy is a skill set that is one of the most powerful tools of compassion.

When we become more loving and compassionate with ourselves and we begin to practice shame resilience, we can embrace our imperfections. It is in the process of embracing our imperfections that we find our truest gifts: courage, compassion, and connection.

Alejarnos de las personas a las que conocemos y queremos por el hecho de apoyar a unos desconocidos a los que en realidad no conocemos, apenas creemos y desde luego no queremos, y que con toda seguridad no estarán ahí para acompañarnos a quimioterapia o traernos comida cuando nuestros hijos estén enfermos... ese es el lado oscuro de la segregación. La familia es precisamente el grupo que la mayoría hemos escogido para gestionar nuestra vida, no para excluirlo de ella.

We need support. We need folks who will let us try on new ways of being without judging us. We need a hand to pull us up off the ground when we get kicked down in the arena. And if we live a courageous life, that will happen.

The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool.

We have to own our story and share it with someone who has earned the right to hear it, someone whom we can count on to respond with compassion.

I think the most important thing she has told me about reaching out to others in crisis is this: "You do it because that's the person you want to be. You do it because that could have been me and one day it could just as easily be you.

and living from our wild heart rather than our weary hurt.

Empathy is connecting with the emotion that someone is experiencing, not the event or the circumstance. Shame dissipated the minute I realized that I wasn't alone—that my experience was human.