Quotes About Compassion

The reward is in doing, but doing without expecting anything...doing unselfishly.

People do not need saving. People need love, support, and encouragement that they can withstand any trials and will always come out stronger, wiser, and more compassionate. I cannot shelter anyone from the storms of life, or they will never grow, learn, and expand.

We also must learn not to just go to those people whose vibrations are the same as ours. It is normal to feel drawn to somebody who is on the same level that you are. But this is wrong. You must also go to those people whose vibrations are wrong … with yours. This is the importance … in helping … these people.

If elementary training in neighbor love focuses on family and friends, in secondary neighbor-love studies, we learn to see the outlier, the outsider, the outcast, the stranger, the alien, and even the enemy as neighbors too. Such an education can be deeply subversive, some might even say unpatriotic. After all, political figures, military leaders, and rising demagogues consistently consolidate power by scapegoating and dehumanizing an outsider, an outcast, or an enemy. But

churches would aim to take people at every age and ability level and help them become the most loving version of themselves possible. They would help people face the challenges of life--challenges that could make them bitter, self-absorbed, callous, or hateful--with openness, courage, and generosity. (p. 54)

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A man can't understand how a woman feels--how she can offer up her entire life to him. The man thinks she's bringing him a burden. He doesn't understand that she's trying to give him a gift.

You will regret many things in life, but you will never regret being too kind or too fair.

You can't help the poor by becoming one of them.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself and be lenient to everyone else." —HENRY WARD BEECHER, NINETEENTH-CENTURY CLERGYMAN

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give." – Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

To keep your mind positive, refuse to criticize, complain about, or condemn other people for anything.

Algunas personas piensan que no es posible perdonar. Están convencidas de que perdonar a otra persona es lo mismo que aprobar su conducta o tolerar lo malo o cruel que ha hecho. El perdón sólo tiene que ver contigo. Es un acto perfectamente egoísta. Al perdonar a la otra persona no lo liberas; te liberas.

We can always find something to give. The joy of giving does not spring from the availability of dispensable resources. True richness is defined not in how much you have but how much you can give! Meaning, fulfillment and happiness come from making a difference and giving happiness to others.

Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom." – Rumi

To reach back and help, and expect neither reward nor even thanks. To reach back and help, because that is what spiritual beings do.

All is love...All is love. With love comes understanding. With understanding comes patience. And then time stops. And everything is now.

Power is the ability to do good things for others.

Stop right now and watch your thoughts for a minute. Does this come naturally to you? Have you been practicing observing yourself from a place of compassion? Do you know where your mind tends to go when it is not being managed? I

Sometimes just showing up for someone else is good enough. I

But happiness is something you can create or access. Being kind to yourself and having compassion for yourself can connect you to yourself and the happiness that is already residing within you. You cannot go on a path of self-criticism and expect to find joy at the end.

I did not ask her to go from disliking her sister to loving her sister. I asked her to try to go from disliking her sister to feeling neutral about her sister. To do this for her own sake, so she didn't have to feel the unpleasant feeling of disliking someone. She did. Her thought changed from: "My sister is unreasonable." To: "My sister doing what my sister does." She felt relief. Isn't

We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.

you can't give what you don't get. If no one ever spoke to you, you can't speak; if you have never been loved, you can't be loving.