Compassion Quote by Joan Halifax Download Open image “Don't ever think compassion is weak. Compassion is about strength.” — Joan Halifax ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Compassion Strength Thinking Weak
It's great to be strong but strength is nothing without having compassion. — Terry Crews Copy Share Image
Compassion is for the very strong. Compassion does not come to the weak. People who are unkind, bullies, use rude language, are not strong… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi Copy Share Image
Compassion doesn't have to be weak or enabling; it can also be quite bold. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Compassion isn't a sign of weakness, but a mark of civilization. — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. Compassion means full immersion in the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Compassion is often mistaken for weakness, when the fact is, there is very little that is more powerful than the courage it takes to… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We have even done a weekend on Japanese grammar! Not that I know anything about Japanese grammar, but it was Kaz's idea, and it… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
Developing our capacity for compassion makes it possible for us to help others in a more skillful and effective way. And compassion helps us… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
Buddhist practice is the grounding for this work, this life, this way. — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
We have been teaching together [with Kaz] now for more than twenty years in sesshins, in international travel programs in Japan and China, as… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
All are interconnected...the environment; rights of the dying; care of caregivers; education and medical care for peoples of the Himalayas; prison work; those living… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
“Within and around the earth, within and around the hills, within and around the mountains your authority returns to you.” — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
“Some of us are drawn to mountains the way the moon draws the tide. Both the great forests and the mountains live in my… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
I am working on a technical paper on compassion. So I am reading everything I can on the subject, including my own mind and… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear. — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
The roots of all living things are tied together. Deep in the ground of being, they tangle and embrace. This understanding is expressed in… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
I remember having a discussion with [Kaz] about his translation of the word shunyata as "boundlessness," instead of the more traditional "emptiness." I said:… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“I fight with love and kindness as my weapons and compassion as my defense.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
I really enjoy making people laugh; I've discovered that's a great technique. That's as powerful as stirring their sorrow, stirring their compassion, because that… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
“If you refuse to use physical force, then you will be at the mercy of your oppressor!” — Segun Magbagbeola Copy Share Image
For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We are puzzled and bewildered whenever we see suffering in this world because we have become accustomed to the mercy and the long-suffering of… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“Helpers in every corner, helpers in every hood. That's how we'll make the move, to reform from rude.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
There are a number of qualities which are important for mental peace, but from the little experience I have, I believe that one of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
May the gods have mercy on whoever pisses them off, because Zarek and Jericho will have none for them. (Madoc) You’d better be glad… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
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