Our compassion is the fruit of our spiritual lives; it actually arises spontaneously when formed by intention in our spiritual practice. Love… — Wayne Teasdale Copy Share Image
“Language is our identity tool and by using experience, observation, and imagination, we each discover the words that give voice to our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Imam al-Dhahabi (Allah have mercy on him) points out to the signs of having a sincere intention or otherwise, He mentions that… — Imam al-Dhahabi Copy Share Image
I am constrained to express my adoration of the Supreme Being, the Author of my existence, in full belief of His providential… — Robert Treat Paine Copy Share Image
“Inside us all are pieces of that which makes the negative. We have many facets. It is that inner essence we all… — Sherrilyn Kenyon (Fear the Darkness Copy Share Image
“What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Through mindfully practising love and compassion we are able to heal our hearts and minds from our hurt and suffering, thus bringing… — Christopher Dines Copy Share Image
“Suppose it should turn out that no such person as Christ ever lived. What harm would that do justice or mercy? Wouldn't… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Strange indeed is human nature. Here were these men, to whom murder was familiar, who again and again had struck down the… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“She reminded him of the small team of Starfleet officers who had rescued him from certain death on his homeworld many years… — David Mack Copy Share Image
“Let us pray to Buddha, in whose bosom we live, for the sake of our own salvation. Let us invoke Buddha, whose… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
Well, it starts with being willing to feel what we are going through. It starts with being willing to have a compassionate… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“Be compassionate with people you know and those you don’t. We are all sacred. We are all achingly beautiful. Intuition allows us… — Judith Orloff Copy Share Image
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“I want my client’s to know that they have my complete understanding, compassion and respect. I believe there can be no mis-takes… — Janice Newman Copy Share Image
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We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do.… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
There is a moment after death when things can go one of several ways, when souls can mingle and reunite-or be forever… — Nancy Holder Copy Share Image
“Religion carries two sorts of people in two entirely opposite directions: the mild and gentle people it carries towards mercy and justice;… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
My mother is a ball of fire in the world, and I love that about her. But what I have learned from… — Justin Timberlake Copy Share Image
“Always, in Lincoln's mature theology, there is paradox. There is starting this, yet there is also tenderness; there is melancholy, yet there… — Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
The ends do not justify the means. If our actions will bring harm to others, even in the service of some 'good,'… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Faith, sympathy - fiery faith and fiery sympathy! Life is nothing, death is nothing, hunger nothing, cold nothing. Glory unto the Lord… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I've learned that courage and compassion are two sides of the same coin, and that every warrior, every humanitarian, every citizen is… — Eric Greitens Copy Share Image
“I believe the world is divided in three groups: givers, takers and the few that can balance both impulses. Giving and loving… — Tiffany Madison Copy Share Image
“Not so on Man; him through their malice fall'n, Father of Mercy and Grace, thou didst not doom So strictly, but much… — John Milton Copy Share Image
“When we think of fear, we think of a 'fear of' something. Far more daunting is the challenge of how to conduct… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
If a culture treats a particular illness with compassion and enlightened understanding, then sickness can be seen as a challenge, as a… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
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Some people understand the charity of our Lord and are saved by it; others, relying on this mercy and kindness, continue in… — Walter Hilton Copy Share Image
The Avatar is a child to the children, a boy to the boys, a man among men, a woman among women, so… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
Voters in 1960 elected the first Catholic president. In 2012, I voted to reelect the first African American president. Each was a… — Jack Schlossberg Copy Share Image
I really enjoy making people laugh; I've discovered that's a great technique. That's as powerful as stirring their sorrow, stirring their compassion,… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Education is the proper way to promote compassion and tolerance in society. Compassion and peace of mind bring a sense of confidence… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Say: I fear, if I rebel against my lord, the retribution of an awful day(15)he from whom (such retribution) is averted on… — Quran Copy Share Image
For there are three ways of performing an act of mercy: the merciful word, by forgiving and by comforting; secondly, if you… — Mary Faustina Kowalska Copy Share Image
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Perhaps I am just a hopeless rationalist, but isn't fascination as comforting as solace? Isn't nature immeasurably more interesting for its complexities… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
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