“When we use punishment, our children are robbed of the opportunity to develop their own inner discipline-the ability to act with integrity, wisdom, compassion, and mercy when there is no external force holding them accountable for what they do.” ChildrenUseOpportunityForceAbilityCompassionDisciplineIntegrityMercyOur ChildrenPunishmentExternal Forces Author:Barbara Coloroso
“Compassion is the ability to see what needs doing right now and the willingness to do it right now.” NeedsAbilityCompassionRight NowWillingnessDoing RightAbility To See Book:Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality Source: Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality
“I have long admired Caroline Leavitt's probing insight into people, her wit and compassion, her ability to find humor in dark situations, and conversely, her tenderness towards characters.” PeopleLongCharacterDarkAbilityCompassionSituationInsightWitTendernessProbing Author:Dan Chaon
“At times anger will trigger harsh words. After a cooling the ability to speak from the heart with love and compassion.” HeartSpeakAbilityCompassionForgivenessHarshTriggersLove And CompassionCoolingHarsh WordsAbility To SpeakSpeak From The Heart Author:Ana Monnar
“Looking at various means of developing compassion, I think empathy is an important factor: the ability to appreciate others' suffering.” ThinkingMeanImportantSufferingAbilityCompassionEmpathyAppreciateVariousFactorsDeveloping Author:Dalai Lama
“There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive.” UseChristianOrderCoursesAbilityCompassionMeditationBuddhismMethodForgivingTechniqueDevotionBuddhistMonkNun Author:Dalai Lama
“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.” WarGoalAbilityCompassionCreativeSeeingStreetsWallDestructionWorthyTerrorismPursuitPeacefulAggressionScandalBurnoutEcoAbility To Love Author:Deepak Chopra
“The word 'heart' can refer to an emotional bond between people, and also to the precious faculty of empathy, an 'open heart', which means sharing the feelings of another and includes an outflow of goodwill towards our fellow humans and all life forms. This, of course, is what the Dalai Lama refers to when he says "my religion is kindness", and is closely related to the ability to feel compassion.” PeopleFeelsHumansHeartMeanFeelingsFormCoursesAbilityCompassionKindnessEmotionalEmpathyFellowsRelatedFacultyGoodwillOpen HeartLamaDalai Author:Eckhart Tolle
“Teaching well draws from the same well that writing draws from: the reserves of compassion and ability to listen and concentrate on another. So I have to have fine line between teaching and writing. I try not to ever think of career. I just try to go to the dream world every day.” ThinkingWorldWritingTryingWellsDreamLinesAbilityCompassionCareersTeachingFineDrawsReservesFine LinesDream World Author:Andre Dubus
“Religions have found that if you behave in a certain way, if you sort of perform certain rituals that expand your mind and make you realize that will make you realize and help you to seguey into transcendence and perform certain acts, adopt a certain lifestyle, you develop new capacities of mind and heart, just like the dancer, or the athlete that make you into a whole human being and principle after one of these disciplines right across the board in all of the faiths is compassion, the ability to feel with the other person.” IfsWayFeelsMindHumansHeartPersonsWholeHelpingCertainFoundRealizingHuman BeingsAbilityCompassionPrinciplesDisciplineCapacityAthleteLifestyleBehaveBoardsDancerRitualHeart And MindTranscendence Author:Karen Armstrong