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> [“To be grounded in an attitude of compassion is to be capable of receiving and welcoming the suffering, which the other is giving us. This does not mean that we suffer for them, but that we offer them possibility of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-yves-leloup/to-be-grounded-in-an-attitude-of-compassion-is-to-be-capable-of/)

[Jean-Yves Leloup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-yves-leloup/)

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## More by Jean-Yves Leloup

> [“The meditative mind sees disagreeable or agreeable things with equanimity, patience, and good-will. Transcendent knowledge is seeing reality in utter simplicity. (146)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-yves-leloup/the-meditative-mind-sees-disagreeable-or-agreeable-things-with/)

[Jean-Yves Leloup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-yves-leloup/)

> [“The depth of our compassion is proportional to the depth of our living. (65)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-yves-leloup/the-depth-of-our-compassion-is-proportional-to-the-depth-of-our/)

[Jean-Yves Leloup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-yves-leloup/)

> [ “\[C\]hange your thinking, your interpretation of he world, change the way you see! To change the way you see is to change the world.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-yves-leloup/c-hange-your-thinking-your-interpretation-of-he-world-change-the-way/)

[Jean-Yves Leloup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-yves-leloup/)

> [“Much blood has been spilled over words, and a great deal of it over the word ‘God.’ (125)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-yves-leloup/much-blood-has-been-spilled-over-words-and-a-great-deal-of-it-over/)

[Jean-Yves Leloup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-yves-leloup/)

> [ “It \[speaking with words that bring about harmony\] consists of speaking of what is good about people, instead of what is wrong with them.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-yves-leloup/it-speaking-with-words-that-bring-about-harmony-consists-of-speaking/)

[Jean-Yves Leloup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-yves-leloup/)

> [“Sometimes the best answer to a question is another question. Is it not by asking questions that we stimulate each other to reach more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-yves-leloup/sometimes-the-best-answer-to-a-question-is-another-question-is-it-not/)

[Jean-Yves Leloup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-yves-leloup/)

> [“To be grounded in an attitude of compassion is to be capable of receiving and welcoming the suffering, which the other is giving us.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-yves-leloup/to-be-grounded-in-an-attitude-of-compassion-is-to-be-capable-of/)

[Jean-Yves Leloup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-yves-leloup/)

> [“Quoting Father Seraphim: Our life hangs only by a breath. It is the thread that links you to the Father, the Source, which brought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-yves-leloup/quoting-father-seraphim-our-life-hangs-only-by-a-breath-it-is-the/)

[Jean-Yves Leloup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-yves-leloup/)

> [“The compassionate person does not require other people to be stupid, in order to be intelligent. Their intelligence is for everyone, so as to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-yves-leloup/the-compassionate-person-does-not-require-other-people-to-be-stupid/)

[Jean-Yves Leloup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-yves-leloup/)

> [“In certain situations, manifesting anger is the right attitude; in others it is not the right thing to manifest because it will only add…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-yves-leloup/in-certain-situations-manifesting-anger-is-the-right-attitude-in/)

[Jean-Yves Leloup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-yves-leloup/)

> [“The best religion or practice is the one that makes us better. (42)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-yves-leloup/the-best-religion-or-practice-is-the-one-that-makes-us-better-42/)

[Jean-Yves Leloup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-yves-leloup/)

> [“It is important never to separate love and knowledge, compassion and wisdom. A wisdom without compassion is closed upon itself and does not bear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-yves-leloup/it-is-important-never-to-separate-love-and-knowledge-compassion-and/)

[Jean-Yves Leloup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-yves-leloup/)

> [“There are many greedy and clever human animals in this world, but few human beings. Authentic human beings are so rare that I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-yves-leloup/there-are-many-greedy-and-clever-human-animals-in-this-world-but-few/)

[Jean-Yves Leloup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-yves-leloup/)

> [“The ego is like a clever monkey, which can co-opt anything, even the most spiritual practices, so as to expand itself. (155)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-yves-leloup/the-ego-is-like-a-clever-monkey-which-can-co-opt-anything-even-the/)

[Jean-Yves Leloup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-yves-leloup/)

> [“Lead us toward a speech, which is as beautiful as silence, and toward a silence, which is as beautiful as the sweetest and truest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-yves-leloup/lead-us-toward-a-speech-which-is-as-beautiful-as-silence-and-toward-a/)

[Jean-Yves Leloup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-yves-leloup/)

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