Affliction Quote by Simone Weil

How easy it is to be compassionate when it's yourself you see in trouble.

— Richard Bach

It is sometimes difficult to view compassion and loving kindness as the strengths they are.

— Sharon Salzberg

It is hard to be passionate about someone who lacks compassion.

— David Garcia

Afflictions for God's sake are dearer to Him than any prayer or sacrifice.

— Isaac of Nineveh

But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion.

— Amy Grant

Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner disposition to go with others…

— Anonymous

Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion.

— Suzan-Lori Parks

Compassion is the ability to understand how difficult it is for people to be the best of what they want to be at all…

— Joan D. Chittister

You can practice deep listening in order to relieve the suffering in us, and in the other person. That kind of listening is described…

— Nhat Hanh

Difficult as it often is to grasp someone else's pain, it is easy to judge another's behavior.

— Marcia Falk

When a person is in a miserable situation, then, yes, it is difficult to develop genuine compassion toward others. That's why I find it…

— Dalai Lama

Sometimes, in difficult circumstances, one can confuse compassion with love.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon