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Quotes About Compassion

I know the world is hungry for good ministry.
~ James Green Somerville
I see everything I do as an extension of the ministry. It's all about service.
~ Clementa C. Pinckney
I'm not a member of a minority but I can empathize with what's going on.
~ Matthew Vaughn
The Five Mindfulness Trainings are needed because we're not fully enlightened yet. We don't need to practice the five trainings perfectly. If we know we're making steps in the right direction, that's good enough.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
In this world, few people look with the eyes of compassion, and so we are cruel and merciless toward each other. The weak are always oppressed by the strong.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
I am the twelve-year-old girl, refugee on a small boat, who throws herself into the ocean after being raped by a sea pirate. And I am the pirate, my heart not yet capable of seeing and loving.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Knowing how to suffer well is essential to realizing true happiness. SUFFERING
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Suffering has causes which can be illuminated in order to be removed
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Con ng??i sinh ra không có giai c?p. Nước m?t c?a ng??i nào cÅ©ng m?n, máu c?a ng??i nào cÅ©ng ??. Chia ng??i ra thành giai c?p ?? mà k? th? l?n nhau Ä'ó là má»™t Ä'i?u sai l?m.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Cuando somos conscientes y vivimos profundamente el momento presente, los frutos son siempre la comprensión, la aceptación, el amor y el deseo de aliviar el sufrimiento y proporcionar alegría.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
When you suffer because of discrimination, there's always an urge to speak out. But even if you spend a thousand years speaking out, your suffering won't be relieved. Only through deep understanding and liberation from ignorance can can you be liberated from your suffering.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Understanding is the other name of love. If you don't understand, you can't love.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Learn to look at other beings with the eyes of compassion
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
One day, when you face this beast alone with your courage intact, your eyes kind, untroubled (even as no one sees them), out of your smile will bloom a flower. And those who love you will behold you across ten thousand worlds of birth and dying.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
If one of you finds out the cause, that person should communicate right away and apologize for being unskillful so that the other person doesn't continue to suffer.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Understanding is the very foundation of love. When you understand someone, you cannot help but love him or her.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
You need to have the gift of non-fear within you in order to be able to offer it to others.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Part of acknowledging suffering is acknowledging we need help. It is much easier to practice compassion if you have the energy and support of a community.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Reconcile with yourself for the sake of the world , for the sake of all living beings . Your peace and serenity are crucial for all of us .
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Mu?n thương yêu ph?i hi?u bi?t.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
The idea is that we try our best to protect life, knowing that we cannot be perfect. If we're doing our best, that's good enough.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
May the sound of this bell penetrate deeply into the cosmos. In even the darkest places, may living beings hear it clearly so that understanding comes to their hearts, and without much hardship, they transcend the cycle of birth and death. or:
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
With concentration on nonself—the reality that we do not have a separate self—we become aware that suffering is there not only in us but also in the other person.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh