C Quotes
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“Compassion is not feeling sorry for others. It's not soft. It requires an intellectual effort.”
“Compassion is not having any hesitation to reflect your light on things”
Source: The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa, Volume 10: Work, Sex, Money - Mindfulness in Action - Devotion and Crazy Wisdom - Selected Writings
“Compassion is not human but divine !! Do not stray far behind ... You might be her servile !!”
“Compassion
is not just an emotion; it is a feeling that triggers a response. Compassion
marries empathy and action. It also requires respect for those who will come
after us—a commitment to stewardship.”
Source: Restoring American Statesmanship: A Citizen's Guide
“Compassion is not pity ... compassion never considers an object as weak or inferior. Compassion, one might say, works from a strength born of awareness of shared weakness, and not from someone else's weakness. And from the awareness of the mutuality of us all. Thus to put down another as in pity is to put down oneself.”
Source: A Spirituality Named Compassion: Uniting Mystical Awareness with Social Justice
“Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.”
“Compassion is not something you have; it is something you share.”
“Compassion is not sympathy. Compassion is mercy. It is a commitment to take responsibility for the suffering of others.”
“Compassion is not trying to feel charitable, as many people think. Compassion is the basic generosity that means that you don't have to hold anything back. You relate to the living situation around you generously, without defending yourself.”
“Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.”
“Compassion is nothing one feels with the intellect alone. Compassion is particular; it is never general.”
“Compassion is nothing to be ashamed of”
Source: Paper Wife
“Compassion is of little value if it just remains an idea. It must motivate how we respond to others and be reflected in all our thoughts and actions.”
“Compassion is of little value if it just remains an idea. It must motivate how we respond to others and be reflective in all our thoughts and actions”
“Compassion is often confused with pity. But when we pity someone, we see ourselves in a superior position. The immeasurable attitude of compassion arises from the recognition of our shared humanity.”
Source: The Wisdom of a Meaningful Life: The Essence of Mindfulness
“Compassion is one of the highest states of consciousness that you can choose to assist you in times of enormous pain.”
Source: The 21-Day Consciousness Cleanse: A Breakthrough Program for Connecting with Your Soul's Deepest Purpose
“Compassion is one of the principal things that make our lives meaningful. It is the source of all lasting happiness and joy.”
“Compassion is our deepest nature. It arises from our interconnection with all things.”
“Compassion is our most important practice. Understanding brings compassion. Understanding the suffering that living beings undergo helps liberate the energy of compassion. And with that energy you know what to do.”
“Compassion is passion in action”
“Compassion is reciprocal. As you develop your own mental and emotional stability and extend that stability through a compassionate understanding of others and dealing with them in a kind, empathetic way, your own intentions or aspirations will be fulfilled more quickly and easily. Why? Because if you treat others compassionately—with the understanding that they have the same desire for happiness and the same desire to avoid unhappiness that you do—then the people around you feel a sense of attraction, a sense of wanting to help you as much as you help them.
…In a sense, compassion practice demonstrates the truth of interdependence in action. The more openhearted you become toward others, the more openhearted they become toward you.”
Source: The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
“Compassion is seeing the stranger and realizing: they aren’t”
“Compassion is something really worthwhile. It is not just a religious or spiritual subject, not a matter of ideology. It is not a luxury, it is a necessity.”
“Compassion is something we can count on. Even if we face economic problems and our fortunes decline, we can still share our compassion with our fellow human beings. National and global economies are subject to many ups and downs, but through them all we can retain a compassionate attitude that will carry us through.”
“Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.”
“Compassion is subtler than Vitamin C, but both are real needs.”
“Compassion is the ability to see how it all is.”
“Compassion is the ability to see what needs doing right now and the willingness to do it right now.”
Source: Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality
“Compassion is the ability to understand how difficult it is for people to be the best of what they want to be at all times.”
“Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul.”
Source: In our time
“Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.”
Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer
“Compassion is the artwork of tuning the individual plans with the grand plan of the existence.”
Source: Walking the Path of Compassion
“Compassion is the awareness of a deep bond between yourself and all creatures.”
Source: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
“Compassion is the basis of all morality”
“Compassion is the basis of all truthful relationship: it means being present with love-for ourselves and for all life, including animals, fish, birds, and trees. Compassion is bringing our deepest truth into our actions, no matter how much the world seems to resist, because that is ultimately what we have to give this world and one another.”
Source: Compassion in action: setting out on the path of service
“Compassion is the basis of morality.”
“Compassion is the belief that things might improve, and even when there's little, if anything, to sustain and engender that belief. It's the place from which I write, and the more troubled the circumstances, the deeper into the hearts and psyches of these characters I'm likely to go, opening every door in that dark hallway, and walking all the way in.”
“Compassion is the chief law of human existence.”
Source: The Idiot: Easyread Large Edition
“Compassion is the crown of all virtues.”
“Compassion is the currency that leads to true wealth.”
“Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its self-concern to embrace the whole of the universe self.”
“Compassion is the driving force which will
drive the world.”
“Compassion is the enemy. Mercy defeats us”
“Compassion is the feeling of shared suffering. When you feel someone else's suffering, there is the birth of understanding.”
“Compassion is the fellow-feeling of the unsound.”
Source: George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion
“Compassion
is the first casualty
in the war on empathy.”
“Compassion is the foundation of everything positive, everything good. If you carry the power of compassion to the marketplace and the dinner table, you can make your life really count.”
“Compassion is the Gateway to Moral Innocence and Avarice’s Defeat”
“Compassion is the gentle rain that nurtures the parched landscapes of human suffering, allowing the flowers of kindness to bloom in even the harshest of conditions.”
“Compassion is the greatest form of love humans have to offer.”