Compassion Quotes - Page 49

Who knows, my God, but that the universe is not one vast sea of compassion actually, the veritable holy honey, beneath all this show of personality and cruelty?

I am supposing, or perhaps only hoping, that our future may be found in the past's fugitive moments of compassion rather than in its solid centuries of warfare.

Danger arouses interest. Where death is involved, the vilest criminal invariably stirs a little compassion.

Spend your life lifting people up, not putting them down.

Being anxious, or in a painful rush of any kind, kills the possibility of meeting anyone with compassion

All any feeling wants is to be welcomed with tenderness. It wants room to unfold. It wants to relax and tell its story. It wants to dissolve like a thousand writhing snakes that with a flick of kindness become harmless strands of rope.

For innumerable reasons, Mahamati, the Bodhisattva, whose nature is compassion, is not to eat any meat.

the distance between this pigeon's brain and mine is minute compared to that between mine and Bodhi 's Wisdom Compassion

The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice.

There is nothing more ugly than an orthodoxy without understanding or compassion.

As we give the gifts of compassion and humility, our lives become demonstrations of the truth of God's Word.

What Lily craved was the darkness made by enfolding arms, the silence which is not solitude, but compassion holding its breath.

To organize work in such a manner that it becomes meaningless, boring, stultifying, or nerve-racking for the worker would be little short of criminal; it would indicate a greater concern with goods than with people, an evil lack of compassion and a soul-destroying degree of attachment to the most primitive side of this worldly existence.

My definition of success is: 1.) The progressive realization of worthy goals 2.) The ability to love and have compassion 3.) To be in touch with the creative source within.

Success is the ability to meet worthy goals, but it's also the ability to love and have compassion and the ability to get in touch with your creative center, to transform yourself toward more peaceful and just pursuits. I hope we redefine success. Otherwise, we'll see more of what we're already seeing - more aggression, more burnout, more Wall Street scandals, more war, more terrorism, more eco-destruction.

Each aspect within us needs understanding and compassion. If we are unwilling to give it to ourselves how can we expect the world to give it to us?

As adults, we must ask more of our children than they know how to ask of themselves. What can we do to foster their open-hearted hopefulness, engage their need to collaborate, be an incentive to utilize their natural competency and compassion...show them ways they can connect, reach out, weave themselves into the web of relationships that is called community.

Life is too short to carry the burden of a heavy heart. It does not serve you or anyone else. Free yourself through the power of forgiveness and compassion.

Making choices that improve things for all of us on the planet is an act of compassion, a simple act we can do any time we go shopping.

Compassion is a mental quality that can bring us true lasting inner peace and inner strength.

The realization that we are all basically the same human beings who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering is very helpful in developing a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood; a warm feeling of love and compassion for others.

The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being

Compassion is the only one of the human emotions the Lord permitted Himself and it has carried the divine flavor ever since.

Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don't be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish.

Sympathy for the lowest animals is one of the noblest virtues with which man is endowed.