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“A father shows compassion to his children.”

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“Empathy meant that people felt the pain of those who were suffering. But when another group instead got instructions in compassion - feeling love for those suffering - their brains activated a completely different set of circuits, those for parental love of a child.”

Compassion Psychology Meditation Empathy Brain Activity Altered Traits

Author:Daniel Goleman, Richard J. Davidson

“In all honesty, it was hard some days to stave off the bitterness when I would think of the 999 out of 1,000 who simply said, 'Not my problem.”

Inspirational Truth Compassion Contemplation Gritty

Book:Stray Spark

Source: Stray Spark

“We have lost the feeling of compassion for all the things that are happening on earth. There has been so much crap going on, so much pain, that somehow, we learned to ignore it. Most of us stopped noticing, deeply feeling, reacting and by the end of the day we got used to everything, even to worse outcomes.”

Life Lost Compassion Feeling

Book:Petrichor

Source: Petrichor

“Do you think that to express ideas one doesn't need a heart? One does need it - they are rendered fruitful by love; stretch out a helping hand to the fallen man to raise him, or shed bitter tears over him, if he faces ruin, but do not jeer at him. Love him, remember that he is a man like you, and deal with him as if he were yourself.”

Love Humanity Understanding Compassion Perspective Empathy Charity

Book:Oblomov

Source: Oblomov

“Spiritual fatherhood has nothing to do with power or control. It is a fatherhood of compassion. But the father of the prodigal son is not concerned about himself. His long-suffering life has emptied him of his desires to keep in control of things. Can I give without wanting anything in return, love without putting any conditions on my love?”

Suffering Spirituality Compassion Theology Selfishness Unconditional Love Fatherhood Parables Prodigal Son

Book:The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming

Source: The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming

“I go to the grave shared by my father and Jimmy. The question I get most, the one I hate, is why I went into his room. And why I helped people. Again and again, "Why did you do it? How?" The answer is, How could I not? The real question is, How could *you* not?”

Love Compassion

Book:All the Young Men: A Memoir of Love, AIDS, and Chosen Family in the American South

Source: All the Young Men: A Memoir of Love, AIDS, and Chosen Family in the American South

“Tragedy is so personal, but it doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened before, to someone, somewhere—it’s what helps us to understand and bring solace to others, knowing something of what they feel.”

Compassion Empathy Tragedy

Book:To Die But Once

Source: To Die But Once

“You're called to become a father who can welcome his children home without asking them any questions and without wanting anything from them in return. Most people around you don’t need you to be a good friend or even a kind brother. We need you to be a father who can claim for himself the authority of true compassion. The idea of being like the old man who had nothing to lose because he had lost all, and only to give, overwhelmed me with fear. I still feel the desire to remain the son and never to grow old.”

Spirituality Fear Compassion Authority Theology Generosity Fatherhood Parables Prodigal Son

Book:The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming

Source: The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming

“People at war with themselves will always cause collateral damage in the lives of those around them.”

People Life War Truth Collateral Damage

Author:John Mark Green

“Meditation not only heals disease but brings great peace to the mind. It is the nature of positive thoughts to make us feel calm and relaxed. The best positive thoughts for healing are loving kindness and compassion. Loving kindness is the wish that others have happiness and the causes of happiness; great loving kindness is taking the responsibility upon ourselves to bring others happiness and its causes. Compassion is the wish that others be free from suffering and the causes of suffering; great compassion is taking the responsibility upon ourselves to free others from suffering and its causes. Generating these positive attitudes can heal disease. Compassion is the best healer. The most powerful healing comes from developing compassion for all other living beings, irrespective of their race, nationality, religious belief, or relationship to us. We need to feel compassion for all living beings, every single one of whom wants happiness and does not want suffering. We need to develop not only compassion, the wish to free everyone from all suffering, but great compassion, which means taking upon ourselves the responsibility for doing this. This brings deep and powerful healing. (p. 7)”

Compassion Meditation Buddhism Enlightenment Transformation Spiritual Healing Loving Kindness The Path Of The Bodhisattva

Book:Ultimate Healing: The Power of Compassion

Source: Ultimate Healing: The Power of Compassion