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Compassion Quotes

What if someone hurts you with a weapon? Wait. Think it over. You probably feel angry. That’s normal. But wasn’t it the stick striking your body that hurt you? Can you be angry at the stick? Of course not. Should you be angry at the wielder of the stick? Wouldn’t it make more sense to be angry at the hatred in the mind of the stick wielder? If you think about it, isn’t the end of hatred in the world what you want most of all? Why, then, would you add to it by giving energy to your anger? After all, it will pass on its own if left alone, especially if you respond to it with compassion Picture Quote #1

If everyone sincerely practices the path of compassion and wisdom, all their problems will be solved. I guarantee this Picture Quote #1

Whenever a great physician treats diseases, he has to be mentally calm and his disposition firm. He should not give way to wishes and desires, but has to develop first a marked attitude of compassion. He should commit himself firmly to the willingness to take the effort to save every living creature Picture Quote #1

Treat everyone with kindness, dignity, compassion and respect, irrespective of whether you think they understand or not Picture Quote #1

It is our own pain, and our own desire to be free of it, that alerts us to the suffering of the world. It is our personal discovery that pain can be acknowledged, even held lovingly, that enables us to look at the pain around us unflinchingly and feel compassion being born in us. We need to start with ourselves Picture Quote #1

The most powerful way to change the world is to secretly commit little acts of compassion. You must behave as if your every act, even the smallest, impacted a thousand people for a hundred generations. Because it does Picture Quote #1

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Accidents happen, whether they’re car accidents, friendly fire, drug overdoses. Accidents happen, and they’re tragic. It’s like a bomb that goes off and pieces of shrapnel rip into the flesh of the family. It’s the families that need the compassion, because everywhere they walk, every day, someone reminds them of their loss Picture Quote #1

I fall in love with contradictions without understanding. I can’t really portray them unless I do. So in a roundabout way I have to fall in love, it’s my duty. If love is about understanding and understanding is compassion and compassion is love, I have to have compassion towards the world Picture Quote #1

It’s hard to tell what’s true compassion, when it’s dressed up in hair and nails and fashion Picture Quote #1

My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much so, that he never could be persuaded to keep slaves, for he pitied them so much: and a slave belonging to one of his brothers being once in his house, was treated by him with as much tenderness as his own children Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

It takes discipline and compassion to awaken the divine in ourselves long enough to recognize the divine in another Picture Quote #1

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! Picture Quote #1

The gardener knows how to turn garbage into compost. Therefore our anger, sadness, and fear is the best compost for our compassion Picture Quote #1

May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that Picture Quote #1

As we learn to bow, we discover that the heart holds more freedom and compassion than we could imagine Picture Quote #1

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Precision is, after all, not only a form of responsibility and a kind of pleasure, but an instrument of compassion. To be precise requires care, time, and attention to the person, place, or process being described Picture Quote #1

We do not increase compassion by expanding it to cover anything. Instead, we kill a good word by making it mean too much, and nothing Picture Quote #1

Humanity is not without answers or solutions regarding how to liberate itself from scenarios that invariably end with mass exterminations. Tools such as compassion, trust, empathy, love, and ethical discernment are already in our possession. The next sensible step would be to use them Picture Quote #1

Survival is for the human animal; fear the motivation. For the spiritual being survival is irrelevant. Curiosity, compassion and creativity are the name of the game; unconditional love the motivation Picture Quote #1

He is man whose heart is spirited and eyes are wet each moment on account of the sorrow, compassion, virtue, beauty, and nobility that decorate this world Picture Quote #1

The monument of a great man is not of granite or marble or bronze. It consists of his goodness, his deeds, his love and his compassion Picture Quote #1

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Training in compassion is a mental activity. but our mind should also be brought to the level where every action we take is influenced by compassion. That means engaging ourselves in compassion in action Picture Quote #1

One is that you legislate according to natural selection, the other is that you don’t. You have compassion, you try and help people. It’s a fundamental clash between two people who happen to love each other, which complicates everything Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

When the only bond between close friends is attachment, then even a minor issue may cause one’s projections to change. As soon as our projections change, the attachment disappears, because that attachment was based solely on projection and expectation. It is possible to have compassion without attachment, and similarly, to have anger without hatred Picture Quote #1

I’ve been accused of lacking compassion. But that just shows I’m not without compassion Picture Quote #1

So once I shut down my privilege of disliking anyone I choose and holding myself aloof if I could manage it, greater understanding, growing compassion came to me Picture Quote #1

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What if someone hurts you with a weapon? Wait. Think it over. You probably feel angry. That’s normal. But wasn’t it the stick striking your body that hurt you? Can you be angry at the stick? Of course not. Should you be angry at the wielder of the stick? Wouldn’t it make more sense to be angry at the hatred in the mind of the stick wielder? If you think about it, isn’t the end of hatred in the world what you want most of all? Why, then, would you add to it by giving energy to your anger? After all, it will pass on its own if left alone, especially if you respond to it with compassion (Compassion Quotes) If everyone sincerely practices the path of compassion and wisdom, all their problems will be solved. I guarantee this (Compassion Quotes) Whenever a great physician treats diseases, he has to be mentally calm and his disposition firm. He should not give way to wishes and desires, but has to develop first a marked attitude of compassion. He should commit himself firmly to the willingness to take the effort to save every living creature (Compassion Quotes) Treat everyone with kindness, dignity, compassion and respect, irrespective of whether you think they understand or not (Compassion Quotes) It is our own pain, and our own desire to be free of it, that alerts us to the suffering of the world. It is our personal discovery that pain can be acknowledged, even held lovingly, that enables us to look at the pain around us unflinchingly and feel compassion being born in us. We need to start with ourselves (Compassion Quotes) The most powerful way to change the world is to secretly commit little acts of compassion. You must behave as if your every act, even the smallest, impacted a thousand people for a hundred generations. Because it does (Compassion Quotes) Accidents happen, whether they’re car accidents, friendly fire, drug overdoses. Accidents happen, and they’re tragic. It’s like a bomb that goes off and pieces of shrapnel rip into the flesh of the family. It’s the families that need the compassion, because everywhere they walk, every day, someone reminds them of their loss (Compassion Quotes) I fall in love with contradictions without understanding. I can’t really portray them unless I do. So in a roundabout way I have to fall in love, it’s my duty. If love is about understanding and understanding is compassion and compassion is love, I have to have compassion towards the world (Compassion Quotes) It’s hard to tell what’s true compassion, when it’s dressed up in hair and nails and fashion (Compassion Quotes) My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much so, that he never could be persuaded to keep slaves, for he pitied them so much: and a slave belonging to one of his brothers being once in his house, was treated by him with as much tenderness as his own children (Compassion Quotes) 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 (Compassion Quotes) I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time (Compassion Quotes) 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 (Compassion Quotes) It takes discipline and compassion to awaken the divine in ourselves long enough to recognize the divine in another (Compassion Quotes) 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! (Compassion Quotes) The gardener knows how to turn garbage into compost. Therefore our anger, sadness, and fear is the best compost for our compassion (Compassion Quotes) May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that (Compassion Quotes) As we learn to bow, we discover that the heart holds more freedom and compassion than we could imagine (Compassion Quotes) Precision is, after all, not only a form of responsibility and a kind of pleasure, but an instrument of compassion. To be precise requires care, time, and attention to the person, place, or process being described (Compassion Quotes) We do not increase compassion by expanding it to cover anything. Instead, we kill a good word by making it mean too much, and nothing (Compassion Quotes) Humanity is not without answers or solutions regarding how to liberate itself from scenarios that invariably end with mass exterminations. Tools such as compassion, trust, empathy, love, and ethical discernment are already in our possession. The next sensible step would be to use them (Compassion Quotes) Survival is for the human animal; fear the motivation. For the spiritual being survival is irrelevant. Curiosity, compassion and creativity are the name of the game; unconditional love the motivation (Compassion Quotes) He is man whose heart is spirited and eyes are wet each moment on account of the sorrow, compassion, virtue, beauty, and nobility that decorate this world (Compassion Quotes) The monument of a great man is not of granite or marble or bronze. It consists of his goodness, his deeds, his love and his compassion (Compassion Quotes) Training in compassion is a mental activity. but our mind should also be brought to the level where every action we take is influenced by compassion. That means engaging ourselves in compassion in action (Compassion Quotes) One is that you legislate according to natural selection, the other is that you don’t. You have compassion, you try and help people. It’s a fundamental clash between two people who happen to love each other, which complicates everything (Compassion Quotes) 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 Quotes) When the only bond between close friends is attachment, then even a minor issue may cause one’s projections to change. As soon as our projections change, the attachment disappears, because that attachment was based solely on projection and expectation. It is possible to have compassion without attachment, and similarly, to have anger without hatred (Compassion Quotes) I’ve been accused of lacking compassion. But that just shows I’m not without compassion (Compassion Quotes) So once I shut down my privilege of disliking anyone I choose and holding myself aloof if I could manage it, greater understanding, growing compassion came to me (Compassion Quotes)

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