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Compassion Quotes by Daniel Goleman
- The act of compassion begins with full attention, just as rapport does. You have to really see the person. If you see the person, then…
- Simple inattention kills empathy, let alone compassion. So the first step in compassion is to notice the other's need. It all begins with the simple…
- Compassion begins with attention.
- True compassion means not only feeling another's pain but also being moved to help relieve it.
- Making choices that improve things for all of us on the planet is an act of compassion, a simple act we can do any time…
- Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large.…
More Compassion Quotes
- Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day. — Karen Armstrong
- Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the… — Karen Armstrong
- If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life. — Karen Armstrong
- Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion… — Karen Armstrong
- Compassion is the key in Islam and Buddhism and Judaism and Christianity. They are profoundly similar. — Karen Armstrong
- If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men… — Francis of Assisi
- Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a… — Sri Aurobindo
- My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much… — Teresa of Avila