Quotes About Compassion

In the kingdom of love there is no competition; there is no possessiveness or control. The more love you give away, the more love you will have. One remembers here Dante's notion that the secret rhythm of the universe is the rhythm of love, which moves the stars and the planets. Love is the source, center, and destiny of experience.

May we all receive blessing upon blessing. And may we realize our power to bless, heal, and renew one another.

The world can be harsh and negative, but if we remain generous and patient, kindness inevitably reveals itself. Something deep in the human soul seems to depend on the presence of kindness;

You know that if you are graced with creative and compassionate and warm awareness, you are going to have and incredible life. You are going to have sufferings as well, but you will always return to that place of warmth and fire within yourself.

Sometimes, it is easy to be generous outward, to give and give and give and yet remain ungenerous to yourself. You lose the balance of your soul if you do not learn to take care of yourself. You need to be generous to yourself in order to receive the love that surrounds you.

May I live this day Compassionate of heart, Clear in word, Gracious in awareness, Courageous in thought, Generous in love.

Kathleen Raine, a Scottish poet, says that unless you see a thing in the light of love, you do not see it at all. Love is the light in which we see light.

May I live this day compassionate of heart, clear in word, gracious in awareness, courageous in thought and generous in love.

The poor have been doubly impoverished by the ugliness that surrounds them.

To accept people is to be for them. It is to recognize that it is a very good thing that these people are alive, and to long for the best for them. It does not, of course, mean to approve of everything they do. It means to continue to want what is best for their souls no matter what they do.

The first stage of forgiveness is the decision not to try to inflict a reciprocal amount of pain on everyone who has caused hurt. When I forgive you, I give up the right to hurt you back.

I will not judge a person to be spiritually dead whom I have formerly judged to have had spiritual life, though I see him at present in a swoon as to evidences of the spiritual life. And the reason why I will not judge him so is this - because if you judge a person dead, you neglect him, you leave him; but if judge him to be in a swoon, though never so dangerous, you use all means for the retrieving of his life.

God."—Mic. vi. 8.

i don't know what your situation is but i wanted you to know what mine is not just to explain some rude behavior, but because we're on a little boat for a while and... i'm soul sick. and you're going to see that.

Walk towards the good. Don't be distracted by fear, by rage. Walk towards the good. In places, that path is wide. In places, perilous. Walk.

God gave you a brain and a heart. The heart is warm, but your wits must be cold.

Jangan menjadi pengikut Buddha. Dunia tidak butuh pengikut Buddha lebih banyak lagi. Tapi sebarkanlah kasih sayang. Dunia membutuhkan banyak kasih sayang. -Dalai Lama

The sense of justice is continuous with the love of mankind.

Tidak ada penggandaan yang lebih cepat dan hebat daripada penggandaan akan kebaikan hati.

Is she dead, Mr. Stone Fox? Is she dead?" little Willy asked, looking up at Stone Fox with his one good eye.

Being good is the best revenge anyone can have.

They know that they are practically unarmed. Yet they are trying to find out how to help us.

We don't have to understand or agree with other people's decisions in order to respect and uphold the worthiness of their lives.

Reading and writing are not education if they do not help people to be kind to all creatures