Quotes about compass
compassion concern-for-others inspire
...there is something wrong with any spirituality that does not inspire selfless concern for others Karen Armstrong
compassion virtue humans
Religions don't own compassion; it is a human virtue.
compassion keys survival
Compassion is not an option. It's the key to our survival.
compass reason magnetic
Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart. Joseph Cook
compassion unhappy demand
Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food Joseph Butler
compassion justice judging
Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true. Leonard Cohen
compassion work-out earth
Because of his compassion Owen was always in trouble with his partners. They would have much preferred a tough, down-to-earth manager who would get a days work out of the little bastards. John Kenneth Galbraith
compassion voice people
From the fact of general well-being came the new position of the poor. They were now in most communities a minority. The voice of the people was now the voice of relative affluence. Politicians in pursuit of votes could be expected to have a diminishing concern for the very poor. Compassion would have to serve instead - an uncertain substitute.
compassion shoes luxury
Acknowledgement: Understanding and compassion for others and their suffering is the next step. Put yourself in the shoes of people who don't have the luxury of being wasteful. Joy Bryant
compassion behavior civilized-behavior
The measure of civilized behavior is compassion. Paul Theroux
compassion should-have witch
I should have no compassion on these witches; I should burn them all. Martin Luther
compassion people empathy
It's hard to pull apart empathy from compassion. What is really clear is that we innately care for other people at least to some extent. Paul Bloom
compassion animal differences
People differ in where they direct their empathy and their compassion. Many people are intensely concerned about the suffering of non-human animals, and some do not care at all. There are cultural differences.
compassion feelings moments
What is of most moment of compassion is not feelings of pity but feelings of togetherness. Matthew Fox
compassion might weakness
Compassion is not pity ... compassion never considers an object as weak or inferior. Compassion, one might say, works from a strength born of awareness of shared weakness, and not from someone else's weakness. And from the awareness of the mutuality of us all. Thus to put down another as in pity is to put down oneself.
compassion people unhappy
Most unhappy people need to learn just one lesson: how to see themselves through the lens of genuine compassion, and treat themselves accordingly. Martha Beck
compassion anxiety feelings
No good has ever come from feeling guilty, neither intelligence, policy, nor compassion. The guilty do not pay attention to the object but only to themselves, and not even to their own interests, which might make sense, but to their anxieties. Paul Goodman
compassion people soul
She thought she brought a gift of compassion for those exhausted souls who had not received a chest portion from the people who raised them. If compassion and therapy did not work, she could always send her patients to the local pharmacy for drugs. Pat Conroy
compassion law cruelty
Compassion to an offender who has grossly violated the laws is, in effect, a cruelty to the peaceable subject who has observed them.
compassion way columbine
I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion then it will start a chain reaction of the same. Rachel Scott
compassion understanding needs
By taking a look at your anger it can be transformed into the kind of energy that you need - understanding and compassion. Nhat Hanh
compassion enemy suffering
When you look deeply into your anger, you will see that the person you call your enemy is also suffering. As soon as you see that, the capacity of accepting and having compassion for them is there.
compassion understanding poverty
Shallow understanding accompanies poor compassion; great understanding goes with great compassion.
compassion mind suffering
Compassion is a mind that removes the suffering that is present in the other.
compassion helping chance
Do not live with a vocation that is harmful to humans and nature. Do not invest in companies that deprive others of their chance to live. Select a vocation that helps realise your ideal of compassion.
compassion true-power understanding
Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha.
compassion hatred violence
All violence is injustice. Responding to violence with violence is injustice, not only to the other person but also to oneself. Responding to violence with violence resolves nothing; it only escalates violence, anger and hatred. It is only with compassion that we can embrace and disintegrate violence. This is true in relationships between individuals as well as in relationships between nations.
compassion dwelling trying
We try to live every moment like that, dwelling peacefully in the present moment, and respond to events with compassion.
compassion meditation understanding
Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act.
compassion enemy impossible
To love our enemy is impossible. The moment we understand our enemy, we feel compassion towards him/her, and he/she is no longer our enemy.
compassion verbs
Compassion is a verb.
compassion suffering able
A bodhisattva is someone who has compassion within himself or herself and who is able to make another person smile or help someone suffer less. Every one of us is capable of this.
compassion our-world able
In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.