Action Quote by Tara Brach

Compassion allows us to use our own pain and the pain of others as a vehicle for connection. This is a delicate and profound…

— Sharon Salzberg

Self-compassion encourages mindfulness, or noticing your feelings without judgment; self-kindness, or talking to yourself in a soothing way; and common humanity, or thinking about…

— Rachel Simmons

Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its self-concern to embrace the whole of the universal self.

— Arnold Toynbee

“Once we are honest about our feelings, we can invite ourselves to consider alternative modes of viewing our pain and can see that releasing…

— Sharon Salzberg

Compassion allows us to bear witness to suffering, whether it is in ourselves or others, without fear; it allows us to name injustice without…

— Sharon Salzberg

Compassion and empathy are not the same as feeling sorry for oneself. They are emotions that extend our perceptual ranges.

— Frederick Lenz

Compassion is the intention to see each human being as no better or worse than yourself, neither more nor less important, and as fundamentally…

— Timothy Miller

Compassion for ourselves gives rise to the power to transform resentment into forgiveness, hatred into friendliness, and fear into respect for all beings.

— Jack Kornfield

“Self-compassion is like a muscle. The more we practice flexing it, especially when life doesn’t go exactly according to plan (a frequent scenario for…

— Sharon Salzberg

Compassion naturally creates a positive atmosphere, and as a result you feel peaceful and content.

— Anonymous

There are two types of compassion. One - is faint-hearted and sentimental. Actually, it is nothing more than impatience of the heart, that is…

— Stefan Zweig

I feel compassion is so important to develop in ourselves. It's one of the most important elements of being a human being.

— Ellen Burstyn