Quotes About Compassion

We need to not only recognize the suffering, pain, and difficulties within us, we need to devote time to dealing with them and transforming them

If we know how to create a moment of happiness, we get to enjoy that happiness ourselves, and we can also double it by sharing it with another person. That is the art of happiness, tasting and delighting in the little happinesses of daily life.

To connect with others, however, we first have to be willing to look deeply into ourselves.

Avalokiteshvara means "the one who listens deeply to the sounds of the world.

Without understanding, your love is not true love. You must look deeply in order to see and understand the needs, aspirations, and suffering of the one you love.

Before you do the work of reconciliation with another, you need to restore communication with yourself.

Th?u hi?u ná»—i Ä'au c?a ng??i khác là món quà to lá»›n nh?t mà b?n có th? trao t?ng h?. Th?u hi?u là tên g?i khác c?a yêu thÆ°Æ¡ng. N?u b?n không th? th?u hi?u, thì b?n ch?ng th? yêu thÆ°Æ¡ng

It does not take more than one thoughtless phrase to hurt someone.

Continuing to work in a spirit of love and understanding required great courage.

We can only understand another person when we're able to truly listen to them. When we can listen to others with deep compassion, we can understand their pain and difficulties. But when we're angry, we can't listen to others or hear their suffering. Listening deeply to another is a form of meditation.

Humans can be hateful, mean, and violent, but we also have the ability, with spiritual practice, to become compassionate and protective toward not only our own species but other species too—the ability to be awakened beings who can protect our planet and preserve her beauty. Awakening is our hope. And awakening is possible.

Usually when anger manifests, we want to confront the person we think is the source of our anger. We're more interested in setting that person straight than in taking care of the more urgent matter, which is our own anger. We are like the person whose house is on fire who goes chasing after the arsonist instead of going home to put out the fire.

Whether the object of your love is your heart, your in-breath, your physical body, or your baby, whether it is your son, your daughter, or your partner, your declaration of love is always the same. It is: "Dear one, I am here for you.

For love to be true love, it must contain compassion, joy, and equanimity. For compassion to be true compassion, it has to have love, joy, and equanimity in it. True joy has to contain love, compassion, and equanimity. And true equanimity has to have love, compassion, and joy in it.

Your thoughts can make you and the world around you suffer more or suffer less.

Right Livelihood (samyag ajiva), you have to find a way to earn your living without transgressing your ideals of love and compassion.

When we walk, we can walk for our ancestors and future generations. Maybe they had to walk with sorrow; perhaps they were forced to march or migrate. When we walk freely, we are walking for them.

None of us needs to embrace pain and sorrow alone. When you throw a rock into a river, no matter how small the rock is, it will sink to the bottom of the river. But if you have a boat, you can carry many tons of rocks, and they won't sink.

No podrás ayudarla, ni amarla. Tu capacidad de amar a otra persona depende por completo de tu capacidad de amarte a ti mismo, de cuidar de ti.

Therefore, in order to take care of you, I have to take care of myself.

True love is made of loving kindness (maitri), compassion (karuna), joy (mudita), and equanimity (upeksha). True love brings joy and peace, and relieves suffering.

Practice love on yourself. When you succeed, loving another person becomes very natural. Your love will be like a lamp that shines; it will make many, many people happy.

When you understand the pain of those who cause you suffering and choose to let it go, forgiveness will come naturally, because compassion will be present. When it is necessary, you can be firm and strong, but never lose your kindness or your beauty.

When we see the nature of interbeing, barriers between ourselves and others are dissolved, and peace, love, and understanding are possible. Whenever there is understanding, compassion is born. Just