I would like to explain the meaning of compassion, which is often misunderstood. Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Man is at the mercy of events. Life is a perpetual succession of events, and we must submit to it. We never… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Dominion does not mean domination. We hold dominion over animals only because of our powerful and ubiquitous intellect. Not because we are… — Marc Bekoff Copy Share Image
Nothing helps us build our perspective more than developing compassion for others. Compassion is a sympathetic feeling. It involves the willingness to… — Richard Carlson Copy Share Image
“If our lives are so busy, so filled with errands and responsibilities and passions that we feel we have no emotional capacity… — Alex Lickerman Copy Share Image
You are all adding to each other's unhappiness; you are all helping each other to be more unhappy. Every single man has… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“A person is loved for the risk he or she takes for someone else, be it a mother, a father, a child,… — Buket Uzuner Copy Share Image
We are called to be strong companions and clear mirrors to one another, to seek those who reflect with compassion and a… — Wayne Muller Copy Share Image
Foolish, selfish people are always thinking of themselves and the result is always negative. Wise persons think of others, helping them as… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Nothing can tend so much to humble us before the mercy and justice of God as the consideration of His benefits and… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
“Mercy means compassion, empathy, a heart for someone’s troubles. It’s not something you do – it is something in you, accessed, revealed,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness: Taking a balanced approach to negative emotions so that feelings are neither suppressed nor exaggerated. We cannot ignore our pain and… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“This time, recall being loving, compassionate. It could be loving or compassionate toward a person, a pet, or something else. Any affectionate… — Julie T. Lusk Copy Share Image
“I mean those who cling to their own egos in their penances and external devotions, which such people regard as being of… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
“Bait & Switch Buddhism is a classic bait-and-switch operation. We’re attracted by the enlightenment in the window, but as soon as we’re… — Jed McKenna Copy Share Image
. . . I do think that deep down, a lot of my work is about people trying to make reasonable accommodations… — David Rabe Copy Share Image
Our Savior kneels down and gazes upon the darkest acts of our lives. But rather than recoil in horror, he reaches out… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
“Young back-to-the-landers who had felt reassured by the "real" skills of growing their own food and building their own shelter were now… — Kate Daloz Copy Share Image
To meet someone who really hurts you is to meet a rare and precious treasure. Hold that person in high esteem, and… — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Christmas means 'giving,' and the gift without the giver is bare. Give of yourselves; give of your substance; give of your heart… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Each of us is under a divinely spoken obligation to reach out with pardon and mercy and to forgive one another. There… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
Only choices made in love are compassionate. There are no exceptions. Do you have the courage to act with an empowered heart… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
I hymn and bless Your uncountable compassion and philanthropy, as You desired to number me with Your chosen servants. Look down, now,… — Marina of Aguas Santas Copy Share Image
We are behaving like people without compassion and love for the most vulnerable section of society. The children of the universe are… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
“God is in heaven, in regard of the manifestation of his glory; in hell, by the expressions of his justice; in the… — William Symington Copy Share Image
And on the last day, the bad days become so difficult to recall, because one way or another, she had made a… — John Green Copy Share Image
The Savior's suffering in Gethsemane and His agony on the cross redeem us from sin by satisfying the demands that justice has… — D. Todd Christofferson Copy Share Image
I've always been bad. Probably I shall be bad again, punished again. But the worse I am, the more I need God.… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“Each of us is a product of our family, environment, friends, education, culture, and society. These conditions lead to a certain way… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Jesus can you show me Just how far the east is from the west, Cause I can't bear to see the man… — Casting Crowns Copy Share Image
“We could choose to be a nation that extends care, compassion, and concern to those who are locked up and locked out… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
With the royal family, you don't want to see them as people because it takes the sheen off. They're distant; you can… — Claire Foy Copy Share Image
“We are for the others to be cared and loved. We are for the others to be nurtured. We are for the… — Helene Popescu Copy Share Image
The most miserable prison in the world is the prison we make for ourselves when we refuse to show mercy. Our thoughts… — Warren W. Wiersbe Copy Share Image
“She’d never been more beautiful—at his mercy, covered in his seed, and marked so that any man who saw her would know… — Joanna Wylde Copy Share Image
I have, by God’s grace, learned as a member of the Christian community what is the nature of God’s mercy, which does… — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
“Compassionate Father, today we bring before you those we love, especially members of our families. How we long for you to be… — Scotty Smith Copy Share Image
Are you not moved to tears and bitter compassion, when you behold the only Son of God seized by the most impious,… — Peter Abelard Copy Share Image
Even if they don't know that you are practicing for them, you are helping them and in turn they are helping you.… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“We were learning that all the training and all the caring in the world were not going to solve every problem. This… — Michael J. Collins Copy Share Image
