C Quotes
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“Compassion for the other comes out of our ability to accept ourselves. Until we realize both our own weaknesses and our own privileges, we can never tolerate lack of status and depth of weakness in the other.”
“Compassion for victims is sometimes forgotten in a misapplied concern for their oppressors and murderers.”
“Compassion gives us a common ground to stand on regardless of your faith background. It gives us a chance to stand shoulder-to-shoulder rather than go fist-to-fist with somebody.”
“Compassion goes on giving, but knows no feeling of giving, knows no feeling that "I am the giver." And then existence goes on responding in thousands of ways. You give a little love and from everywhere love starts flowing. The man of compassion is not trying to snatch anything away, he is not greedy. He does not wait for the return, he goes on giving. He goes on getting too, but that is not in his mind.”
“Compassion grows in the recognition that we are all the same.
If you can’t see some part of yourself in every single person you encounter, then you’re not looking closely enough, at the person or at yourself.”
“Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.”
“Compassion has been advocated by all the great faiths because it has been found to be the safest and surest means of attaining enlightenment. It dethrones the ego from the center of our lives and puts others there, breaking down the carapace of the selfishness that holds us back from an experience of the sacred. And it gives us ecstasy, broadening our perspectives and giving us a larger, enhanced vision.”
Source: The Spiral Staircase
“Compassion has certain vibration – vibration that resonates with the cosmos.”
Source: Walking the Path of Compassion
“Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear.”
“Compassion has more to do with the attitude we bring to our encounters with other people than with any quantifiable metric of giving.”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural.”
Source: The Shape of a Pocket
“Compassion has nothing to do with achievement at all. It is spacious and very generous. When a person develops real compassion, he is uncertain whether he is being generous to others or to himself because compassion is environmental generosity, without direction, without 'for me' and without 'for them.' It is filled with joy, spontaneously existing joy, and constant joy in the sense of trust, in the sense that joy contains tremendous wealth, richness.”
Source: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
“Compassion has nothing to do with achievement at all. It is spacious and very generous. When a person develops real compassion, he is uncertain whether he is being generous to others or to himself because compassion is enviromental generosity, without direction, without " for me" and without " for them". It is filled with joy, spontaneously existing joy, constant joy in the sense of trust, in the sense that joy contains tremendous wealth, richness.”
“Compassion has to become a discipline. It's something that you do. It's no good thinking that you agree with compassion or not, you've just got to do it. Just like it's no good agreeing that it's possible to float, you just have to get into the pool and then you learn that it's possible.”
“Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors.”
Source: Daily Afflictions: The Agony of Being Connected to Everything in the Universe
“Compassion in action may be the glorious possibility that could protect our crowded, polluted planet.”
Source: Compassion, the Ultimate Ethic: An Exploration of Veganism
“Compassion in evangelical churches is out of balance. When I talk about it, I get a lot of glazed expressions.”
“Compassion, in its essence, is neutral. It’s holistic that way, and powerful because it yields a much wider perspective free of judgment or stress of any kind. We use it all the time in our work the way we’re always studying humanity intensely — always walking in someone else’s shoes, feeling the seams in their socks, wounds and elations in their souls.”
Source: The Power of Amie Martine
“Compassion in times and places of confusion is usually a good idea. Frequently, new dervishes will become upset by what they see happening in the apparent world. For example, if their tesbih (Sufi prayer beads) breaks, they take this as a sign that Allah is angry with them. There is no evil that their tesbih broke. What is important is how the dervish mends it or replaces it. Just as that in life, when other "things" break, what is important is our reaction and how we mend or replace them. In addition, assuming that Allah is angry with them, is typical for the new dervish in that new dervishes tend to react in extreme ways. Everything becomes a matter of blown out of proportion. As one matures on the Path, one develops a sense of proportion and perspective, and does not run off as a chicken with its head cut off, when an inconvenience occurs in life.”
“Compassion instills a sense of calm, inner strength, and a deep confidence and satisfaction”
“Compassion is a beautiful grace that releases hate and fearful emotions. Through the power of compassion, when put in delicate circumstances with dysfunctional human beings, rather than loathing their behaviour, you can be compassionate to their internal suffering and love them unconditionally.”
Source: Manifest Your Bliss: A Spiritual Guide to Inner Peace
“Compassion is a built-in feature that explains oneness.”
“Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food”
Source: Human Nature and other Sermons
“Compassion is a chameleon: it can wear the face of fear, anger, sadness, joy or even dispassion, depending on what's needed at the time. The compassionate Buddha has a smile in one eye and a tear in the other, and our Buddha mission is to lead people to true freedom, not to hold their hand and tell them that everything is going to be all right. In teaching, compassion means doing whatever needs to be done to get to the next phase.”
Source: Maps to Ecstasy: The Healing Power of Movement
“Compassion is a character of Christ.”
“Compassion is a character of Jesus Christ.”
“Compassion is a college education. It's a doctorate.”
“Compassion is a continuous struggle to spread love for all beings against all obstacles and challenges.”
Source: Walking the Path of Compassion
“Compassion is a lifetime business. You can't say something like, "I will have compassion on Monday, Thursdays and Fridays only. But for the rest, I will be cruel". That is hypocrisy.”
“Compassion is a living, breathing, organic emotion that vibrates through you and links you to those around you.”
“Compassion is a mental quality that can bring us true lasting inner peace and inner strength.”
“Compassion is a mind that removes the suffering that is present in the other.”
Source: Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
“Compassion is a mixed passion, composed of love and sorrow.”
“Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use, and the regular exercise of choosing kindness over cruelty would change us.”
“Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use.”
“Compassion is a never-ending fight to spread love for all beings in spite of all challenges and problems.”
Source: Walking the Path of Compassion
“Compassion is a piece of vocabulary that could change us if we truly let it sink into the standards to which we hold ourselves and others.”
“Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.”
“Compassion is a quality which impels one to perform sacrifices.”
“Compassion is a reflection of our connectedness. YOUR devotion to helping others is an expression of YOUR greatness.”
“Compassion is a reflection of our connectedness. Your voice is need and much appreciated!”
“Compassion is a seed,
empathy is the root,
kindness is the stem,
charity is the tree,
and love is the fruit.
Intelligence is a seed,
understanding is the root,
intuition is the stem,
knowledge is the tree,
and wisdom is the fruit.
Skill is a seed,
talent is the root,
excellence is the stem,
brilliance is the tree,
and genius is the fruit.”
“Compassion is a Shepherd, Always tending his herd.”
“Compassion is a spiritual technology.”
“Compassion...is a terrifying thing, and our desire to see our enemies destroyed is far greater than our belief in the power of redemption...”
Source: Be Afraid: How Horror and Faith Can Change the World
“Compassion is a tonic that heals the scars of the past, creates a joyful way for the future, and soothes the pain of the present wound.”
“Compassion is a two way street.”
“Compassion is a verb.”
“Compassion is a virtue gifted to us.
Do Not let the world kill it.
This highest quality of being morally right or justifiable is showered upon us with an intention to live and let live.
To be kind to yourself and ALL other lives.”
Source: Dear Reader, by, Julie and other stories
“Compassion is all inclusive. Compassion knows no boundaries. Compassion comes with awareness, and awareness breaks all narrow territories.”
Source: Nonviolence: The Transforming Power