Quotes About Compassion

May all beings, everywhere, be happy and free.

Loka somasta sukhino bhavantu: may all beings, everywhere, be happy and free

Milan Kundera, author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, wrote, "Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test, consists of its attitude toward those who are at its mercy: animals." Fellow humans, we're failing that test.

Maeve Binchy

We have had this discussion before. You are my son. I love you. I will always love you. But I also love Nell, and if you give her the chance and stop rejecting her advances, she will take you into her heart as well." "Oh, yeah, like he's going to allow me to do that," I muttered

I hope you are pleased with yourself. You have made a spirit cry.

He does not see as i have that you have given him your heart, but he is male. We will cut him some slack for that handicap, yes?

When we touch...our gods lay down their weapons and I can forgive every trespass...

At the end of the session, if you feel joy and gratitude for having the chance to take part in your client's healing, that's a good match.

So, when we see someone hurting, we may reach out unconsciously and pick up some of that energy from them. The trouble is, this only harms us; it doesn't help the other person.

In this overcrowded, underwhelming world, any gesture, no matter how slight, expressing that one person recognizes another person is a nice thing indeed.

I let her clasp my hand and stare at me with her big, dark eyes. Because I know that when people comfort you, they're really just comforting themselves.

Unhappiness breeds unkindness,

Cruelest are the punishments we visit upon ourselves.

Because I know that when people comfort you, they're really just comforting themselves.

The tears ran freely down his cheeks. "Is this what people feel like? Bad ? Guilty? And when they do the right thing, the virtuous thing, is it only to keep themselves from feeling like this ? Is that what good is? What it means to be good?

Because the terms "sufferers" and "victims" are objectionable, I have chosen the term "patient" by default.

When we focus on what is good and beautiful in someone, whether or not we think that they "deserve" it, the good and beautiful are strengthened merely by the light of our attention.

When we focus on what is good and beautiful in someone, whether or not we think that they "deserve" it, the good and the beautiful are strengthened merely by the light of our attention.

When we focus on what is good and beautiful in someone, whether or not we think that they 'deserve' it, the good and the beautiful are strengthened merely by the light of our attention.

Because I am a small man, my heart is moved by what's in front of my eyes, not by what the world needs. I just can't abandon what's there in front of me. I want to protect everything I can!

I come from a very non-accepting family, but I'm very accepting.

Suicide is not a blot on anyone's name; it is a tragedy

If you can, judge less and observe more.