Quotes About Compassion

Ask yourself the following questions: Have I (or we) thought this through with an outward mindset? Do I understand the needs, objectives, and challenges of those involved? Have I adjusted my efforts in light of those issues? And have I been holding myself accountable for my impact on these people? Have you considered what mindset-level changes might be necessary in addition to behavioral changes?

Whether we find justification in how we are worse or in how we are better, we can each find our way to a place where we have no need for justification at all. We can find our way to peace—deep, lasting, authentic peace—even when war is breaking out around us.

if I'm not interested in knowing a person's name, I'm probably not really interested in the person as a person.

People whose hearts are at war toward others can't consider others' objections and challenges enough to be able to find a way through them.

While it's true we can't make others change, we can invite them to change.

Love is all you need - The Beatles - And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love, you make - The Beatles -

And for the first time in their existence, their mean, unhappy lives became happy and meaningful because of one simple phrase... LOVE.

All you need is love...love is all you need.

All you need is love!!

Love is wiser than wisdom." ? Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

The need to let suffering speak is a condition of all truth

Aber man lebt doch nicht bloß in einer Welt, um schwach und zärtlich zu sein und alles mit Nachsicht zu behandeln, was gegen Gesetz und Gebot ist und was die Menschen verurteilen und, vorläufig wenigstens, auch noch - mit Recht verurteilen. (S.234)

It would be advisable to think of progress in the crudest, most basic terms: that no one should go hungry anymore, that there should be no more torture, no more Auschwitz. Only then will the idea of progress be free from lies.

How could they judge him, these people, all or any one of them, even his own mother, when they did not know what his own mental, physical and spiritual suffering had been? And

Every man knows that slavery is a curse. Whoever denies this, his lips libel his heart.

Por qué tenemos que amar donde cae el relámpago y no donde nosotros elegimos?... Pero me alegro que seas tú, pequeño principe. Me alegro que seas tú.

Je ne vous donnerai qu'une seule formule : Personne ne sait de quoi vous souffrez, si ce n'est vous-même. Personne d'autre que vous ne peut trouver remède à votre mal. Personne, en dehors de vous, ne peut se rendre compte si le remède agit.

Just one drop of compassion is enough to bring back spring on Earth.

The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another person's suffering and bring that person joy.

If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence

When you say something really unkind, when you do something in retaliation your anger increases. You make the other person suffer, and he will try hard to say or to do something back to get relief from his suffering. That is how conflict escalates.

When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace and love.

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

I have noticed that people are dealing too much with the negative, with what is wrong. ... Why not try the other way, to look into the patient and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?