Compassionate Quotes - Page 27

• I appreciate when people listen to the sad songs, because it's almost like telling someone your problems and having them listen with a compassionate ear.

  Jhene Aiko

  Song, People, Appreciate

  Interview with Sowmya Krishnamurthy, www.askmen.com. September 9, 2014.

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• I believe that the time has come for women to take more active roles in all domains of human society, in an age in which education and the capacities of the mind, not physical strength, define leadership. This could help create a more equitable and compassionate society.

  Dalai Lama

  Believe, Mind, Age

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• Surprisingly, it's forgiveness, not guilt, that increases accountability. Researchers have found that taking a self-compassionate point of view on a personal failure makes people more likely to take personal responsibility for the failure than when they take a self-critical point of view. They also are more willing to receive feedback and advice from others, and more likely to learn from the experience.

  David D. Burns

  Responsibility, Self, Views

  Source: time.com

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• Building a more compassionate society is going to be a bilateral exercise between individuals and the brands that represent their aspirations, their values and their truths. People make brands. If people are compassionate, brands will be compassionate in return.

  Monica Lewinsky

  Exercise, People, Return

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• 'Sympathy for the Devil' is just another way of saying 'Compassionate Conservative'.

  Stephen Colbert

  Devil, Way, Conservative

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• What I expect from writers-and from myself as a writer-is to articulate a complex view of things. To incite us to be more compassionate. To orchestrate our mourning. And to celebrate ecstasy.

  Susan Sontag

  Views, Mourning, Celebrate

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• Minister and writer Barbara Kaufmann has addressed the subject of guerrilla decontextualization on both the 'Voices Compassionate Education' website and on 'Inner Michael', where she offers the kind of insights into the spiritual aspects of Michael Jackson's creative artistry that mainstream media mostly ignores.

  Aberjhani

  Spiritual, Media, Voice

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• We continually encounter hardships. People disappoint us. We disappoint ourselves. But God is constant and compassionate. We are not alone. He cares. Against all reason, the transcendent God loves us so much that He has committed Himself to us.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  People, Encounters, Hardship

  Charles R. Swindoll (2012). “Perfect Trust”, p.22, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Christians have an important role to play in contending that no human life is "devoid of value." We can do so through courageous protest, as happened in Germany, as well, as in compassionate care for the most vulnerable members of society, as Mother Teresa did. In both approaches theology - what one believes about God and human life - matters. The world desperately needs that good news.

  Philip Yancey

  Christian, Mother, Believe

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• Whether it's called 'compassionate conservatism' or 'big government Republicanism,' after years of record increases in federal spending, more government is now the accepted Republican philosophy in Washington.

  Mike Pence

  Philosophy, Government, Years

  "Reagan vs. Bush: Federal Spending and Budget Deficits" by John McIntyre, www.realclearpolitics.com. February 17, 2006.

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• When any welfare scheme is being proposed, its political sponsors always dwell on what a generous and compassionate government should pay to Paul; they neglect to mention that this additional money must be seized from Peter.

  Henry Hazlitt

  Government, Political, Pay

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• 'Live and let life' used to be a noble approach to life. Now you're considered compassionate if you demand that government impose your preferences on others.

  John Stossel

  Government, Noble, Demand

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• I guess my view of America is of a real bighearted country, real compassionate.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Country, Real, Views

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• We would all be better off if our doctors took us aside, sat down next to us, and gave us this compassionate, yet universally true, warning, I'm very sorry to have to remind you of this, but you've got only so much time to live; I suggest you begin, now, to make the most of every minute of every day.

  Bill Phillips

  Sorry, Doctors, Warning

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• I do some compassionate mindfulness every day. It's like a Buddhist thing. I tell myself that I'm doing a good job, that kind of thing. It makes me feel better.

  Maria Bamford

  Buddhist, Jobs, Feel Better

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• Have you ever noticed when you're in the presence of certain people that you feel better about yourself? Their compassionate energy has the noticeably pleasant impact of simply making you feel really good about yourself. You'll impact others with this energy of compassion as you develop your connection to intention.

  Wayne Dyer

  Feel Better, Compassion, Impact

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Apr 28, 2011

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• We each decide whether to make ourselves learned or ignorant, compassionate or cruel, generous or miserly. No one forces us. No one decides for us, no one drags us along one path or the other. We are responsible for what we are.

  Maimonides

  Ignorant, Path, Responsible

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• I think on the things - the issues that Pope Francis cares about - not just remaking the Church and in just sort of a more compassionate visage, but really on trying to move real policy.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Real, Moving, Thinking

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• My father, who was a sergeant in the RAF during the Second World War, was killed in a hitchhiking accident while returning home on compassionate leave. As a result, my mother had to get work, as a nurse, and at seven the RAF put me into a boarding school and ex-orphanage called the Royal Wolverhampton School.

  Eric Idle

  Mother, Father, War

  "Eric Idle: 'The BBC paid us £2,000 a series for Monty Python’". Interview with Angela Wintle, www.telegraph.co.uk. January 10, 2016.

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• Some people feel that humans have a right to eat other animals but not to trash the earth. They may choose veganism because a vegan's ecological footprint is light, but once they are not invested in eating animals, they are more likely to be willing to learn the details of what happens to them. That learning will encourage compassionate people to stick with a plant-based diet.

  Karen Dawn

  Animal, Light, People

  "Animal Advocate and Author Karen Dawn: The Welfare of Animals and the Earth". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• There was a time in my life that I may not have been that nice, and now I'm in a position to contribute to the education of young people, and teach them to be compassionate, be more loving, more caring, to not use profanity, to not pollute the environment - these are things that I address in my photography. I

  Jamel Shabazz

  Photography, Nice, Caring

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I argue that we should be kind, we should be compassionate, and we should definitely be reasonable and rational, but that empathy leads us astray.

  Paul Bloom

  Empathy, Be Kind, Arguing

  "Paul Bloom: The Trouble With Empathy". Interview with Allyson Kirkpatrick, www.guernicamag.com. February 1, 2016.

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• Each of us as poets, as decent suffering human beings, has to find a way to run our lives that is compassionate toward one another and toward our environment.

  Sam Hamill

  Running, Suffering, Way

  Interview with Anne-Marie Cusac, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. March 31, 2003.

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• In my view, the ideal prime minister is patient, hard-working, compassionate and has a clear vision, driven by the fair go.

  Julia Gillard

  Hard Work, Views, Vision

  "Julia Gillard: 20 people, 20 questions". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. May 26, 2013.

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• The world doesn't really need more people who can bend their bodies into amazing positions. What it needs are kinder, more compassionate, generous people.

  Donna Farhi

  People, Needs, World

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