Quotes about compass
compassion regimes harder
You can't change a regime on the basis of compassion. There's got to be something harder. Nadine Gordimer
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.
compassion blessing relief
Relief of distress or compassion shown to victims of misfortune. A blessing that is an act of Divine compassion. Noah Webster
compassion als young
When I was young I looked like Al Capone, but I lacked his compassion. Oscar Levant
compassion people empathy
Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives. Oprah Winfrey
compass guts
Your gut is your inner compass.
compassion people weakness
Weakness is something we don't like to admit we have. We hold it against people, until we experience it, and then we feel more compassion for it. Olivia Wilde
compassion generosity stronger
The more we stretch the muscle called compassion and generosity, the stronger we get, the better we feel about ourselves, the more loving we become to the world around us. Kenny Loggins
compassion humanity natural
Humanity is a natural foil for inhumanity, and humanity is what will ultimately keep us going when all else has failed. Margaret Cho
compassion should-have young
We shouldn't have been so scornful; we should have had compassion. But compassion takes work, and we were young. Margaret Atwood
compassion want bad-manners
Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don’t want it. Lucinda Williams
compassion rights justice
Since suffering confers no rights on its victims, we who witness are the ones responsible for restoring these lost rights. Liv Ullmann
compassion imagination firsts
imagination is the first faculty wanting in those that do harm to their kind ... Margaret Oliphant
compassion people desire
Today, our actions must be motivated only by our intense desire to achieve a just and lasting peace. The compassion and charity of the American people should be reflected in this legislation, though sadly, they are silenced. Nick Rahall
compassion getting-older capacity
One thing I like about getting older is things, your spectrum widens, your capacity for compassion widens. Patti Smith
compassion irony moments
Within that moment was trust, compassion, and our mutual sense of irony. He was carrying death within him and I was carrying life. We were both aware of that, I know.
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.