I used to believe that love and happiness were synonymous. I was a fool. Love intensifies all emotions. Nothing is so painful… — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
Compassionate love may be strong. It sobs, it burns, then it wipes away its tears – and it does nothing. — Alexander Herzen Copy Share Image
Julie Orringer is the real thing, a breathtaking chronicler of the secrets and cruelties underneath the surface of middle-class American life. These… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
When you are compassionate with yourself, you trust in your soul, which you let guide your life. Your soul knows the geography… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A sadhak (one who does spiritual practice) will not have time to indulge in gossip. They will not feel like talking to… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Frequently people think compassion and love are merely sentimental. No! They are very demanding. If you are going to be compassionate, be… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Meditation has become an ingrained part of my everyday life that helps me feel so much more centered, patient and compassionate. It… — Tim McCarthy Copy Share Image
“The only way we can touch the heart of men is to overlook an offense.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“Though the heart cannot be seen, it can be kind, pure, compassionate and loving.” — Master Jun Hong Lu Copy Share Image
Ubuntu is very difficult to render into a Western language. It speaks of the very essence of being human.... you are generous,… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I think the American people would be compassionate and practical. But we need to be talking about assimilation as well, something that… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
In the Name of Allah the Merciful, the Compassionate, Who manifests Himself through everything, the revelation of a clear knowing to whomsoever… — Mansur Al-Hallaj Copy Share Image
Life experiences can, at times, be quite humbling, but you learn from them. But I like the changes in my life and… — Donna Air Copy Share Image
I think it's really important that the people who are going to make decisions for other people have fair, truthful and compassionate… — Sharon Stone Copy Share Image
So long as men are compassionate to such a degree that they cannot hear a fly struggling in a spider's web without… — John Newton Copy Share Image
The legalization of drugs, a proliferation of a public health approach to drug use and drug addition, a compassionate mental health system.… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
Since we desire the true happiness that is brought about by a calm mind, and such peace of mind arises only from… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Here in America, religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. They've lost the Axial Age vision of concern for… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
When men are rightly occupied, their amusement grows out of their work, as the colour-petals out of a fruitful flower; when they… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“If we are going to get any real change, we need to elect honest, compassionate politicians with integrity, who truly care about… — Laurence Overmire Copy Share Image
Christ walked the path every mortal is called to walk so that he would know how to succor and strengthen us in… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
“Be noble like the sun; let even those who resent you for shinning benefit from your warmth.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
Compassionate doctors sometimes lie to patients about the severity of their condition, and it is not always wrong to do so. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Whether we love humanity or not, we must realize that we are part of it. My future depends entirely on the future… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“A friend is not the shadow that mimics you, but the one who casts all shadows away.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
