Quotes About Compassion

Beyond naming you in my prayers, Thekyn, there is but little that a hermit can do for any man.

I reckon it is up to us to treat each other better than the Lord do, and teach Him a lesson.

Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.

From looking at your neighbor and realizing his true significance, and that he will die, pity and compassion will arise in you for him and finally you will love him.

Consider everything belonging to another as if it were your own, and so treat it.

Never will he understand the sufferings of another, who has not experienced them himself, though he have divine Reason and the nature of a genuine devil!

Every one of those unfortunates [human beings] during the process of existence should constantly sense and be cognisant of the inevitability of his own death as well as of the death of everyone upon whom his eyes or attention rests. Only such a sensation and such a cognisance can now destroy the egoism completely crystallised in them that has swallowed up the whole of their Essence, and also that tendency to hate others which flows from it.

The highest aim and the meaning even of human life is to strive to do your best for the wellbeing of your neighbour, which is only possible by renouncing your own self-interest.

När mammor dör, då förlorar man ett av väderstrecken. Då förlorar man vartannat andetag, då förlorar man en glänta. När mammor dör, växer det sly överallt.

A true friend is the one who holds your hand and touches your heart

Nu se poate trece atât de u?or peste sufletele noastre bolnave. ?i pentru ele nimeni nu a gândit înc? o reform?.

Con?tiin?a e spa?iul fic?ional în care r?ul f?cut altuia este imaginat analogic ca r?u suferit pe cont propriu.

Iubirea este de fapt mila de tine proiectat? asupra altuia sau uitarea de sine care se înal?? pe o prealabil? con?tiin?? a eului propriu.

Binef?c?torii omenirii sunt cei care au imagina?ia r?ului altuia prin har,f?r? nevoia prealabil? a experiment?rii lui pe propria lui piele.

We are guilty of many errors and many faults, but our worst crime is abandoning the children, neglecting the fountain of life. Many of the things we need can wait. The child cannot. Right now is the time his bones are being formed, his blood is being made, and his senses are being developed. To him we cannot answer 'Tomorrow,' his name is today.

No muestres compasión por nadie, aunque la sientas. Haz favores sin afectaros. Si vieran emoción e interés en tu rostro cuando les das limosna se abalanzarían sobre ti y desnudo te dejarían. Como a los canes, a los hombres no debe dárseles el alimento sino arrojársele.

Compassion is a chameleon: it can wear the face of fear, anger, sadness, joy or even dispassion, depending on what's needed at the time. The compassionate Buddha has a smile in one eye and a tear in the other, and our Buddha mission is to lead people to true freedom, not to hold their hand and tell them that everything is going to be all right. In teaching, compassion means doing whatever needs to be done to get to the next phase.

being entranced by the ego prevents us from feeling pain; in fact, it prevents us from feeling anything—ecstasy, grief, compassion, anger, shame, love—from feeling alive.

Use the flowing rhythms to feel your fear; use staccato to feel and express anger, chaos for sadness, lyrical for joy, stillness for compassion. The rhythms catalyze each emotion and each stage of each emotion.

Essentially, fear protects, anger defends, sadness releases, joy uplifts, compassion unites. Fear is close to the surface of our self, anger is rather deeper, sadness and joy are progressively more interior, and compassion emanates from our profound center. Each is a level and a vibration of energy that needs to flow freely for us to be really engaged in the present.

the pain is not your pain but your relationship to it.

Feelings are neither positive nor negative; they simply are elemental forces in our life energy with their own vibrations and functions. They are essential to our health and well-being. Essentially, fear protects, anger defends, sadness releases, joy uplifts, compassion unites.

Compassion means giving someone what they need, which is not always what they want.

If you are going to forgive a person, Liz decides, it is best to do it sooner rather than later. Later, Liz knows from experience, could be sooner than you thought.