Compassion Quotes - Page 25

• I think one of the best words in the English language is compassion. I think it holds everything. It holds love, it holds care... and if everybody just did something. We all make a difference.

  Michael Crawford

  Thinking, Differences, Making A Difference

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles.

  Geoff Hoon

  Party, Views, People

  "Geoff Hoon to stand down at general election" by Andrew Sparrow, www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2010.

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• All I know for sure is that issues like race, like class, are always best approached with compassion and open-mindedness.

  Ezra Koenig

  Race, Class, Issues

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• We are mindful of desire when we experience it with an embodied awareness, recognizing the sensations and thoughts of wanting as arising and passing phenomena. While this isn't easy, as we cultivate the clear seeing and compassion of Radical Acceptance, we discover we can open fully to this natural force, and remain free in its midst.

  Tara Brach

  Philosophy, Acceptance, Medicine

  "Radical Acceptance of Desire" by Tara Brach, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 2, 2013.

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• Recent studies of mindfulness practices reveal that they can result in profound improvements in a range of physiological, mental, and interpersonal domains in our lives. Cardiac, endocrine, and immune functions are improved with mindfulness practices. Empathy, compassion, and interpersonal sensivity seem to be improved. People who come to develop the capacity to pay attention in the present moment without grasping on to their inevitable judgments also develop a deeper sense of well-being and what can be considered a form of mental coherence.

  Daniel J. Siegel

  Philosophy, Practice, Medicine

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• Pause and remember - Stop mentally abusing yourself. Stop agonizing over your past mistakes and worrying about the future. Life is hard enough without the added fear, panic and anxiety. Your soul is crying out for love and encouragement. Take a moment to breathe deep, get present and find some compassion for yourself. Then, go out and treat yourself right; pamper yourself and take care of your needs. You are worth it!

  Jennifer Young

  Encouragement, Mistake, Past

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• Wisdom is nothing more than the marriage of intelligence and compassion. And, as with all good unions, it takes much experience and time to reach its widest potential. Have you introduced your intellect to your compassion yet? Be careful; lately, intellect has taken to eating in front of the TV and compassion has taken in too many cats.

  Vera Nazarian

  Taken, Cat, Intelligence

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• In Scotland over many years we have cultivated through our justice system what I hope can be described as a 'culture of compassion.' On the other hand, there still exists in many parts of the U.S., if not nationally, an attitude towards the concept of justice which can only be described as a 'culture of vengeance.'

  Keith O'Brien

  Attitude, Hands, Years

  "Lockerbie bomber: Scottish Catholic leader attacks US 'culture of vengeance'" by Jenny Percival, www.theguardian.com. August 8, 2010.

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• I had to learn compassion. Had to learn what it felt like to hate, and to forgive and to love and be loved. And to lose people close to me. Had to feel deep loneliness and sorrow. And then I could write.

  Louise Penny

  Hate, Loneliness, Writing

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• I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time.

  Andrew Sarris

  Long, Arrogant, Narcissist

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• Advance yourself by advancing others. Do not judge others. Be of service to them, but realize that you are not necessarily the instrument of perfecting and immortalizing others.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Judging, Balance

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• The action of giving is in a certain vibratory level, meaning giving exists in a certain plane of consciousness.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Giving, Balance

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• My parents' selfless affection and dedication nourished and prepared me to receive the love of my guru or spiritual father, Swami Prabhupada. My parents prepared the soil in which my guru sowed the seeds of his compassion.

  Radhanath Swami

  Spiritual, Father, Dedication

  "A Swami and His Father" by Radhanath Swami, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 18, 2011.

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• My impulse is to create an aesthetic that's about a humanistic approach to a world and trying to create compassion for all the characters.

  Mike White

  Character, Trying, World

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• I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.

  Mo Yan

  Real, Real Courage, Knows

  "Mo Yan accepts Nobel prize, defends 'necessary' censorship" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2012.

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• Just as I defend myself, therefore,
  From all unpleasant happenings however small,
  Likewise, I shall act for others' sake
  To guard and to protect them with compassion.

  Shantideva

  Sake, Protect, Happenings

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• Forgiveness entails the authentic acceptance of our own worthiness as human beings, the understanding that mistakes are opportunities for growth, awareness and the cultivation of compassion, and the realization that the extension of love to ourselves and others is the glue that holds the universe together. Forgiveness...is not a set of behaviors, but an attitude.

  Joan Z. Borysenko

  Forgiveness, Attitude, Mistake

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• It takes discipline and compassion to awaken the divine in ourselves long enough to recognize the divine in another.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Long Distance Relationship, Discipline, Enough

  Mary Anne Radmacher (2008). “Live Boldly: Cultivate the Qualities That Can Change Your Life”, p.154, Conari Press

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• A good book is a lighthouse; a wise man is a lighthouse; conscience is a lighthouse; compassion is a lighthouse; science is a lighthouse! They all show us the true path! Keep them in your life to remain safe in the rocky and dark waters of life!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Wise, Book, Dark

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• In service, there is clarity and compassion.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Empowerment, Clarity

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• Forgiveness is really a gift to yourself - have the compassion to forgive others, and the courage to forgive yourself.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Forgiving, Forgive Yourself, Self Knowledge

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• When we think of the height of God's infinity we should not despair of His compassion reaching us from such a height; and when we recall the infinite depth of our fall through sin we should not refuse to believe that the virtue which has been killed in us will rise again. For God can accomplish both these things: He can come down and illumine our intellect with spiritual knowledge, and He can raise up the virtue within us and exalt it with Himself through works of righteousness.

  Maximus the Confessor

  Christian, Spiritual, Believe

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• Popular culture is a place where pity is called compassion, flattery is called love, propaganda is called knowledge, tension is called peace, gossip is called news, and auto-tune is called singing.

  Criss Jami

  Auto Tune, Gossip, Singing

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.80, Criss Jami

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• Nothing stirs God’s heart more than a humble heart and a merciful spirit. God responds to mercy, because it is through compassion that we fully come to know Him. This is the defining quality of a true follower of Christ. We are never closer to the heart of God than when we are forgiving someone. And we are never farther from it than when we are holding a grudge.

  Nicky Cruz

  Heart, Humble, Forgiving

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• The gardener knows how to turn garbage into compost. Therefore our anger, sadness, and fear is the best compost for our compassion.

  Kayla Mueller

  Sadness, Garbage, Gardener

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