"Compassion will no longer be seen as a……" — Duane Elgin
"Compassion will no longer be seen as a spiritual luxury for a contemplative few; rather it will be viewed as a social necessity for the entire human family."
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17 Quotes by Duane Elgin
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The intention of this way of life [voluntary simplicity] is not to dogmatically live with less. It's a more demanding…
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Simplicity of living, if deliberately chosen, implies a compassionate approach to life. It means that we are choosing to live…
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Voluntary simplicity has more to do with the state of mind than a person's physical surroundings and possessions.
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As my spiritual growth expanded and developed, voluntary simplicity was a natural outgrowth. I came to realize the cost of…
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It seems to me that inner growth is the whole moving force behind voluntary simplicity.
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I consciously started to live simply when I started to become conscious.
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To me, voluntary simplicity means integration and awareness in my life.
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Poverty is mean and degrading to the human spirit, whereas a life of conscious simplicity can have both a beauty…
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In a world where nearly one billion people live near the edge of physical survival the relevance of intentional simplicity…
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We live almost completely immersed in a socially constructed reality that so fully absorbs our energy and attention that virtually…
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Simplicity of living means meeting life face to face. It means confronting life clearly, without unnecessary distractions. It means being…
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Our life is frittered away by detail Simplify, simplify.” Or, as Plato wrote, “In order to seek one’s own direction, one…
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Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
— Karen Armstrong
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Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and…
— Karen Armstrong
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If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st…
— Karen Armstrong
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Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is…
— Karen Armstrong
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Compassion is the key in Islam and Buddhism and Judaism and Christianity. They are profoundly similar.
— Karen Armstrong
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If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will…
— Francis of Assisi
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Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat…
— Sri Aurobindo
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My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants;…
— Teresa of Avila
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People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money.
— Michele Bachmann
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Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
— James M. Barrie
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If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of…
— Gary Bauer
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One thing everyone seems to agree on is that Republicans face a perceived compassion deficit.
— Gary Bauer
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