In the '80s and '90s, there was some degree of compassion for people with HIV because there was visible human suffering. — Sean Strub Copy Share Image
I am prone to envy. It is one of my three default emotions, the others being greed and rage. I have also… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
The most beautiful rose flower will lose its alluring beauty if it's the only flower in the garden. So let your words… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
“Mercy begins with a deep awareness of one’s own need for it. Whereas Alinsky first sees injustice in others, the man of… — Charles J. Chaput Copy Share Image
True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Say grace for the case to race with a chance to face the judge and I betcha my soul won't budge. Grudge… — Layzie Bone Copy Share Image
One important lesson I learned over and over is that, when you walk into any troubled organization, there is a delicate balance… — Ben Sasse Copy Share Image
To become wholly compassionate requires us to open our eyes and hearts, to behold the pain and exploitation our culture obscures, to… — Joanne Stepaniak Copy Share Image
The saints are like the stars. In his providence Christ conceals them in a hidden place that they may not shine before… — Anthony of Padua Copy Share Image
“But I understood, now, that we don’t live only for ourselves. We’re connected by millions of shared experiences and dreams and nightmares,… — Laura Anderson Kurk Copy Share Image
Watching the spontaneous acts of kindness, compassion, and generosity, courage, and bravery in the aftermath of the Boston marathon bombings was so… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
“Deep listening simply means listening with compassion. Even if the other person is full of wrong perceptions, discrimination, blaming, judging, and criticizing,… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“As pilgrims we effectively slip into the role of our spiritual ancestress and run back and forth between the hills seven times.… — Kristiane Backer Copy Share Image
Are you aware that your spirit needs to be fed? Did you know that your spirit would be delighted to partake in… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
New Age values are conscious evolution, a non-sectarian society, a non-military culture, global sharing, healing the environment, sustainable economies, self-determinat ion, social… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Meditation gives you more inner strength and confidence, and if you don't feel vulnerable, you can put that to the service of… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
How much better the world would be if we all gave gifts of understanding, and compassion, of service, and friendship, of kindness… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
He's on a mission of mercy to the new frontier, he's gonna check us all on out of here. Up to that… — John Hiatt Copy Share Image
How can we condemn those who are truly blinded by evil? We can't. We shouldn't. How do we bring about conversion of… — Abby Johnson Copy Share Image
Compassion gives us a common ground to stand on regardless of your faith background. It gives us a chance to stand shoulder-to-shoulder… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
To be a satirist, at all events. The venom of Pope is what is needed. The sense of delight -- the expansion… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
Let us not demeanor or belittle. Rather, let us be compassionate and encouraging,. We must be careful that we do not destroy… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
“Income and wealth may impress your friends and increase your vocabulary, but having a servant attitude and compassion for others will cause… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
Compassion being action without motive, without self-interest, without any sense of fear, without any sense of pleasure. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
If you're really listening, if you're awake to the poignant beauty of the world, your heart breaks regularly. In fact, your heart… — Andrew Harvey Copy Share Image
The great pleasure that comes from reading poets such as Mark Doty and Marianne Moore is the realisation that the essential virtues… — John Burnside Copy Share Image
“Once we are honest about our feelings, we can invite ourselves to consider alternative modes of viewing our pain and can see… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
A divine dance appears in the soul and the body at the time of peace and union.Anyone can learn the dance, just… — Rumi Copy Share Image
You will never be able to feel the presence of true love and compassion if your feelings and emotions have been thrown… — M Walder Copy Share Image
“but I was past the point of caring, the night stoking a foolish, confused sense that I had somehow returned to the… — Emma Cline Copy Share Image
Go beyond yourself and reach out to other people with a sincere love, respect, caring, and understanding of their needs. — Susan Polis Schutz Copy Share Image
Love is not without its flaws. The stronger the love, the more it tests you. Compassion and empathy will make true love… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Developing our capacity for compassion makes it possible for us to help others in a more skillful and effective way. And compassion… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
We will be remembered not for the power of our weapons but for the power of our compassion, our dedication to human… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Maybe the worst thing is not caring what people think. That came from my mother. She was the biggest influence on my… — Tony Wilson Copy Share Image
“The news can be poison to your soul, don't let it kill your joy, be compassionate but not consumed. Be empathetic not… — Rob Liano Copy Share Image
I became a vegetarian out of compassion for animals and to live as healthy as possible. I realized soon after that I… — Davey Havok Copy Share Image
If there is a single definition of healing it is to enter with mercy and awareness those pains, mental and physical, from… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
“The impression made on a wise man is that of universal innocence. Poison is not poisonous after all, nor are any wounds… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Moral relativism has a reputation for being compassionate, caring and humane, but it is an extremely useful philosophy for tyrants. — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
