Compassion Quote by Jane Wilson-Howarth

“Suffering does make us more sensitive until it crushes us completely.”

— Edmund White

“By simply shifting my focus to another person, which is what compassion does, my own pain was much less intense. This is how compassion…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“You are the cause of your suffering. That means that you alone have the power to change it.”

— Shai Tubali

“understanding the ultimate source of your suffering doesn’t, by itself, help very much.”

— Robert Wright

“Your suffering is here to help you unfold and to awaken into compassion, love and strength.”

— Bryant McGill

“But their suffering doesn’t mitigate yours.” “Suffering doesn’t make me special. Sooner or later, life knocks everyone down. It’s how you deal with the…

— Lori Wilde

“More and more, it seems to me that compassion dwells in the tough, not the tender-hearted, because it requires us to come to terms…

— Ann Nietzke

“Pain has a purpose. It makes us stronger. More compassionate. Able to love more deeply than we thought possible. If we let it, it…

— D. Nichole King

“I grew up poor, hated, the victim of physical, emotional, and sexual violence, and I know that suffering does not ennoble. It destroys.”

— Dorothy Allison

“I live in my suffering and that makes me happy. Anything that keeps me from living in my suffering is unbearable to me.”

— Roland Barthes

“We suffer for the simple reason that suffering is biologically useful. It is nature’s preferred agent for inspiring change.”

— Mark Manson

“His suffering will teach him kindness and compassion. He’ll find his heart again.”

— Jennifer Donnelly