The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret... It has come to believed that compassion, in which all ethics… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
“Tears came to her eyes. Mercy was more frightening than murder, because it was harder, and Randa didn’t deserve it. And even… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
Men will imitate and admire his unmoved firmness, his inflexible conscience for the right; and yet his gentleness, as tender as a… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“But this is terrible!’ cried Frodo. ‘Far worse than the worst that I imagined from your hints and warnings. O Gandalf, best… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Sentient compassion is a must; it has to be developed in order to alleviate cruelty and thoughtless acts. That won't happen if… — David S. Ware Copy Share Image
The inner tranquility comes from the development of Love ,Compassion and recognizing that Everyone Grieves In Their Own Way And At Their… — JSV Copy Share Image
“Give grace to your children today by speaking of sin and mercy. Tell Susan that she can relax into God’s loving embrace… — Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
I no longer become angry. I not only do not say angry words, I do not even think angry thoughts! If someone… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
“I held in my hand an invisible sword that sliced through every illusion. The sharpness of the blade gave me its icy… — Shan Sa Copy Share Image
“It's not a question we ask ourselves enough, I think; as a country, we seem to be suffering from an empathy deficit.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“You are the very creator and co-creator of your own reality. When you allow yourself to remember what you already know about… — Raphael Zernoff Copy Share Image
Creating my own roles, as an actor, is great. You're so at the mercy of other people, and you're waiting for a… — Catherine Bell Copy Share Image
Tis not, to cry God mercy, or to sit And droop, or to confess that thou hast fail'd: 'Tis to bewail the… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
“Two of my closest seminary friends broke all contact with me after I told them I was leaving priesthood and coming out… — Charles Benedict Copy Share Image
If you love God, you can't hate anything or anyone. If the love one offers is met with hate, it doesn't die,… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
“Love seeketh not Itself to please Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease And builds a Heaven… — William Blake Copy Share Image
“Judaism and Christianity, and Islam too, all drip honeyed words of love and mercy so long as they do not have access… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
I think of veganism humbly and holistically. It's about taking personal responsibility in a world so full of needless suffering. It's challenging… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
Compassion has to become a discipline. It's something that you do. It's no good thinking that you agree with compassion or not,… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Hoping a situation will change keeps you at a distance from your true feelings-sadness, anger, fear. Each of these feelings is best… — Gay Hendricks Copy Share Image
“Life's greatest philosophy is not handed down in stoic texts and dusty tomes, but lived, in each breath and act of human… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
As the mother of six, Karen Santorum knows the power of stories to shape and mold the nature of our children. In… — Janet Parshall Copy Share Image
“We need myths that will help us to identify with all our fellow-beings, not simply with those who belong to our ethnic,… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
A sense of belonging is a sine qua non of healthy psychological functioning everywhere. Such a sense, beginning in infancy and continuing… — Maureen O'Hara Copy Share Image
“Adversity is what illuminates quagmires, but all that really matters is destiny.We cannot be blinded by present circumstances which roar like Goliath… — Trinity Tinashe Masunungure Copy Share Image
“I’m thinking that I love drugs more than anything. That they are the one and only constant in my life. Yeah, they… — Peter Stenson Copy Share Image
A good book is a lighthouse; a wise man is a lighthouse; conscience is a lighthouse; compassion is a lighthouse; science is… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
In his mercy, He sent the storm itself to make us seek help. And then knowing that we're likely to get the… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
Buddhist words such as compassion and emptiness don't mean much until we start cultivating our innate ability simply to be there with… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“This witnessing consciousness, this formless dimension of yourself, is the awareness in which your experience happens, yet it remains untouched by this… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“He searched her face for the hint of compassion. It wasn’t there. She had never written a word of fiction in her… — James A. Newman Copy Share Image
“I told myself that evening what I had been telling my clients for years. I am more than broken. In fact, there… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
“Pottscamp felt nothing; he was, of course, a machine without feeling. He had no conscience or compassion. This would not bother him… — R.A. Lafferty Copy Share Image
Dedicating some time to meditation is a meaningful expression of caring for yourself that can help you move through the mire of… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Children, we may go to the temple, reverently circumambulate the sanctum sanctorum and put our offering in the charity box, but on… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Finally, the Program aims, through these means, to bring a little more knowledge, a little more reason, and a little more compassion… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
I do understand what love is, and that is one of the reasons I can never again be a Christian. Love is… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
No matter what you’re feeling, the only way to get a difficult feeling to go away is simply to love yourself for… — Christiane Northrup Copy Share Image
“Quite clearly, the one thing the dominant culture cannot tolerate or co-opt is compassion, the ability to stand in solidarity with the… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share Image
“You need only allow gentle hope to enter your heart. Exhale and allow hope, and give yourself some time. This is a… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
