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“No one reaches out to you for compassion or empathy so you can teach them how to behave better. They reach out to us because they believe in our capacity to know our darkness well enough to sit in the dark with them.”

Book:The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connections and Courage

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Brené Brown

Brené Brown is a renowned psychologist, author, and speaker. Her research focuses on human vulnerability, courage, shame, and belonging. Brown's books, 'Daring Greatly' and 'The Gifts of Imperfection,' have become widely popular, exploring the complexities of human emotions and psychology in an accessible way. more

“We can move in that direction as a country, in greater polarization - black people amongst blacks, and white amongst whites, filled with hatred toward one another. Or we can make an effort, as Martin Luther King did, to understand and to comprehend, and replace that violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand, compassion and love.... What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black.”

Compassion Racism Eulogy Martin Luther King Jr

Author:Robert F. Kennedy

“How beautiful would it be if we could just see souls instead of bodies? To see love and compassion instead of curves.”

Love Beautiful Compassion Beauty Vanity Curves Gorgeous Body Image Souls Sexual Bodies Deeper Meaning

Book:Write like no one is reading 2

Source: Write like no one is reading 2

“When two humans have lived together for many years it usually happens that each has tones of voice and expressions of face which are almost unendurably irritating to the other. Work on that. Bring fully into the consciousness of your patient that particular lift of his mother's eyebrows which he learned to dislike in the nursery, and let him think how much he dislikes it. Let him assume that she knows how annoying it is and does it to annoy - if you know your job he will not notice the immense improbability of the assumption. And, of course, never let him suspect that he has tones and looks which similarly annoy her. As he cannot see or hear himself, this easily managed.”

Compassion Charity

Book:The Screwtape Letters

Source: The Screwtape Letters

“The world gives us PLENTY of opportunities to strengthen our patience. While this truth can definitely be challenging, this is a good thing. Patience is a key that unlocks the door to a more fulfilling life. It is through a cultivation of patience that we become better parents, powerful teachers, great businessmen, good friends, and a live a happier life.”