“Though beauty is autonomous, there seem to be occasions when human presence can become congruent with her will. In creative work no… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
One day I looked at something in myself that I had been avoiding because it was too painful. Yet once I did,… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
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“One of the greatest barriers to going back is related to empathy. If our goal is perfection rather than growth, it is… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Hark the herald angels sing 'Glory to the newborn King! Peace on earth and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled' Joyful, all… — Charles Wesley Copy Share Image
There is a warning here for true pilgrims. Beware of the talker, but also be careful not to judge too quickly those… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
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The state of childhood resonates with life inside a fantasy novel. If you have no control over how you spend large chunks… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“I always knew that deep down in every human heart, there is mercy and generosity. No one is born hating another person… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Women of my age in America are at the mercy of two powerful and antagonistic traditions. The first is the ultradomestic fifties… — Sylvia Ann Hewlett Copy Share Image
“You see my state, and still increase my pain I see your face, the need for union regain. For my welfare, you… — Hafiz Copy Share Image
To nourish the soul means to become kinder, more compassionate, wiser, and more loving, often through the making of difficult choices that… — Joan Z. Borysenko Copy Share Image
“Now, are those engaged in the business of governing any different by nature from those they govern?" "Yes. They're prideful and tend… — Nick Harkaway Copy Share Image
“What is done is done. What is past is past." "You call yesterday the past?" "What has the actual lapse of time… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“If ye realize the Emptiness of All Things, Compassion will raise within your heart; If ye lose all differentiation between yourselves and… — Milarepa Copy Share Image
Is this what you have in mind,' I asked the Dalai Lama, 'when you say in teachings that the buddhas and bodhisattvas… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And yet he had taken her to that inn wanting to soothe himself with feminine compassion and warmth. Her very silence and… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
For every teenager there are issues that make finding it hard. These girls are totally unique and totally like every teenager everywhere… — Linda Goldstein Knowlton Copy Share Image
“Compassion can be roughly defined in terms of a state of mind that is nonviolent, nonharming, and nonaggressive. It is a mental… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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“[A writer] must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid; and, teaching himself that, forget it forever,… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
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It is not for the concept, but for the experience, that we use the term the Beloved. The experience of this enormity… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
A fight is going on inside me," said an old man to his son. "It is a terrible fight between two wolves.… — Wendy Mass Copy Share Image
“Destroy your life; then put it back together.You'll get great material, meet some fascinating characters and – side benefit – the skills… — Jerry Stahl Copy Share Image
The good enough mother, owing to her deep empathy with her infant, reflects in her face his feelings; this is why he… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
“I realised that I needed the dark and the light to be a whole person. Trying to be happy by neglecting the… — Kelly Martin Copy Share Image
We would all be better off if our doctors took us aside, sat down next to us, and gave us this compassionate,… — Bill Phillips Copy Share Image
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“As she stooped over him, her tears fell upon his forehead. The boy stirred, and smiled in his sleep, as though these… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“In my negotiating course, I tell my students that empathy is “the ability to recognize the perspective of a counterpart, and the… — Chris Voss Copy Share Image
Gluttony should be destroyed by self-control; unchastity by desire for God and longing for the blessings held in store; avarice by compassion… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
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The immigrant must not be allowed to drift or to be put at the mercy of the exploiter. Our object is not… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
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