Quotes About Compassion

anger causes so much misery both for the person on the receiving end, as well as for the person experiencing it.

bodhisattva, a Sanskrit term that in Buddhism refers to an enlightened being.

May my every action of body, speech, and mind today be a cause for me to become enlightened, so that I may help all other beings attain this same state.

May this act of generosity be a cause for me to become enlightened, so that I may help all other beings attain this same state.

As long as we kept on practicing loving kindness and creating the grounds for positive future outcomes, we need have no fear of what might arise.

Little by little it dawned on me that there was a purpose to life. That we had the chance to use this precious existence to develop our most altruistic motives and compassionate instincts. To be the best that we could be!

It is said that each one of us has been a mother to every other living being, at some time in the past," he gazed at me with open-hearted benevolence. "Imagine, little Snow Lion, if we could all feel that connection, as if it were real?

If it's transformation we seek, the feeling of giving must be authentic. It must touch our heart.

Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, then sets out values and establishes the vision, before getting to the nitty-gritty of policy solutions.

My father taught me how to understand and be sensitive to others, which is probably the most critical aspect of leadership. Without it you are only a manager.

The world is full of healing; you just got to know where to look.

Sorry' he said. 'No, I'm sorry.' 'What are you sorry for?' 'Rattling on like a mad old cow. I'm sorry, I'm tired, bad day, and I'm sorry for being so...boring.' 'You're not that boring.' 'I am, Dex. God, I swear I bore myself.' 'Well, you don't bore me.' He took her hand in his. 'You could never bore me. You're one in a million, Em.

Being a decent human being will require effort and energy…

Be good. Do something good.

Be nice wont you?" "I am nice, I'm always nice." "But not too nice. I mean don't make a religion out of it, niceness.

But Dexter blinked hard, shook his head then nudged her hand with his. 'So what I thought we'd do for the next couple of days is, you can show me the sights, and I'll just mope about and make stupid remarks.' She smiled and nudged his hand back. 'It's hardly surprising what you've been through, are going through,' and she covered his hand with her own.

What she really needed he thought, ablaze with compassion, was someone to take her in hand and unlock her potential.

And of course there is always joy in witnessing the joy of others.

Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you.

There are wonderful people out there but also wonderful people right here.

Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.

Better is one day in the company of those bullied by Christians but loved by Jesus than thousands in the company of those wielding scripture to harm the weak and defenseless.

Human life is sacred: this means that each and every human being has been set apart for designation as a being of elevated status and dignity. Each human being must therefore be viewed with reverence and treated with due respect and care, with special attention to preventing any desecration or violation of a human being.

Make your church a context where parents know that the right response to their teenagers is never to reject them as human beings, never to throw them out.