Compassion Quotes - Page 15

• In the end we won't be judged as a society solely by our growth statistics or economic activity graphs. We will be judged by the quality of the life that we foster for all members of the community and the compassion we show for the disadvantaged.

  Carmen Lawrence

  Community, Growth, Quality

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• Our compassion is the fruit of our spiritual lives; it actually arises spontaneously when formed by intention in our spiritual practice. Love and compassion are always the goods of the spiritual journey, and they are guided by divine wisdom, which then shapes compassion in the concrete situations of our existence.

  Wayne Teasdale

  Spiritual, Journey, Practice

  Wayne Teasdale (2010). “A Monk in the World: Cultivating a Spiritual Life”, p.125, New World Library

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• We try to live every moment like that, dwelling peacefully in the present moment, and respond to events with compassion.

  Nhat Hanh

  Dwelling, Trying, Events

  Joseph Emet, Thich Nhat Hanh (2015). “Mindfulness Meditation: For a Quieter Mind, Self-Awareness and Healthy Living”, p.67, Souvenir Press

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• Coming into contact with the Mother is coming into contact with a force of passionate and active compassion in every area and dimension of life, a force that longs to be invoked by us to help transform all the existing conditions of life on earth so that they can mirror ever more clearly and accurately her law, her justice, and her love.

  Andrew Harvey

  Mother, Law, Mirrors

  Andrew Harvey (2012). “Radical Passion: Sacred Love and Wisdom in Action”, p.188, North Atlantic Books

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• When compassion wakes up in us, we find ourselves more willing to become vulnerable, to take the risk of entering the pain of others.

  Sue Monk Kidd

  Pain, Risk, Wake Up

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• Society needs both justice and compassion, a head and a heart, if it is to be civilised.

  Julian Baggini

  Heart, Justice, Needs

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• When love overflows and is expressed through every word and deed, we call it compassion. That is the goal of religion.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Love, Goal, Deeds

  "May Your Hearts Blossom: Chicago Speech". Book by Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, November 9, 2014.

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• It is my fundamental conviction that compassion - the natural capacity of the human heart to feel concern for and connection with another human being - constitutes a basic aspect of our nature shared by all human beings, as well as being the foundation of our happiness. All ethical teachings, whether religious or nonreligious, aim to nurture this innate and precious quality, to develop it and to perfect it.

  Dalai Lama

  Religious, Teaching, Heart

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• Water reflects everything it encounters. This is so commonplace that we think water is blue, when in fact it has no color.... But the water, the glorious water everywhere, has taught me that we are more than what we reflect or love. This is the work of compassion: to embrace everything clearly without imposing who we are and without losing who we are.

  Mark Nepo

  Thinking, Blue, Color

  Mark Nepo (2000). “The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have”, p.150, Conari Press

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• I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Teacher, Meditation, Love Strength

  "Fierce Compassion" by Sharon Salzberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 14, 2012.

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• Love isn't material. It's energy... We experience it as kindness, giving, mercy, compassion, peace, joy, acceptance, non-judgment, joining and intimacy.

  Marianne Williamson

  Love, Kindness, Acceptance

  Marianne Williamson (1992). “A return to love: reflections on the principles of "A course in miracles"”

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• All people are endowed with the faculty of compassion, and for this reason can develop the humanitarian spirit.

  Albert Schweitzer

  People, Spirit, Reason

  Albert Schweitzer (1984). “The Words of Albert Schweitzer”

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• I think both nature and grace live within everyone, and I always strive to be in a world of grace and compassion.

  Jessica Chastain

  Thinking, Grace, World

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• Lord, as You have been to me, so I will be to others. As I pray, I'll measure Your compassion by the cross and Your power by the resurrection.

  J. D. Greear

  Praying, Resurrection, Lord

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• Just as a strongly flowing fountain is not blocked up by a handful of earth, so the compassion of the Creator is not overcome by the wickedness of his creatures.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Christian, Overcoming, Wickedness

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• The Democrats want illegal mirgation not they are humanitarian. This is not about compassion. This is not about love and a soft spot for people from these horrible places and wanting to give them a better life. This is about registering a bunch of future Democrat voters that are never gonna be able to fend or provide for themselves. This is about flooding this country with people who are going to be forever dependent on a government-run by Democrats.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Country, People, Giving

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• The ultimate solution to POVERTY is found in the COMPASSION of God's people.

  Max Lucado

  People, Poverty, Found

  FaceBook post by Max Lucado from Dec 21, 2010

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• With genuine love and compassion, another person's appearance or behavior has no affect on your attitude.

  Dalai Lama

  Attitude, Genuine Love, Appearance

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• Your path is your own, but you must walk side by side with others, with compassion and generosity as your beacons. If anything is required it is this: fearlessness in your examination of life and death; Willingness to continually grow; and openness to the possibility that the ordinary is extraordinary, and that your joys and your sorrows have meaning and mystery

  Elizabeth Lesser

  Generosity, Life And Death, Joy

  Elizabeth Lesser (1999). “The New American Spirituality: A Seeker's Guide”, Random House Incorporated

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• If you develop a pure and sincere motivation, if you are motivated by a wish to help on the basis of kindness, compassion, and respect, then you can carry on any kind of work, in any field, and function more effectively.

  Dalai Lama

  Motivation, Kindness, Wish

  Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.190, Penguin

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• Gluttony should be destroyed by self-control; unchastity by desire for God and longing for the blessings held in store; avarice by compassion for the poor; anger by goodwill and love for all men; worldly dejection by spiritual joy; listlessness by patience, perseverance and offering thanks to God; self-esteem by doing good in secret and by praying constantly with a contrite heart; and pride by not judging or despising anyone in the manner of the boastful Pharisee (cf. Lk. 18:11-12), and by considering oneself the least of all men.

  John of Damascus

  Christian, Spiritual, Perseverance

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• Spirituality is the intersection of three paths: letting go of ego, an unconditional yes to the conditions of human existence, and an immeasurable compassion.

  David Richo

  Letting Go, Ego, Three

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• It is not enough to know the Son of God in the Father's nature only, unless we acknowledge Him in what is ours without withdrawal of what is His own. For that self-emptying, which He underwent for man's restoration, was the dispensation of compassion, not the loss of power. For, though by the eternal purpose of God there was 'no other name under heaven given to men whereby they must be saved' (Acts 4:12), the Invisible made His substance visible, the Intemporal temporal, the Impassable passable: not that power might sink into weakness, but that weakness might pass into indestructible power.

  Pope Leo I

  Christian, Father, Loss

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