“Precision is, after all, not only a form of responsibility and a kind of pleasure, but an instrument of compassion. To be precise requires care, time, and attention to the person, place, or process being described.” KindPersonsCareFormProcessPleasureAttentionResponsibilityCompassionInstrumentsPrecisePrecision Book:Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies Source: Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies
“Precise, graceful, and generous, the poems in SuperLoop, seem to be born out of a deep, careful attention and a profound compassion. Sometimes the quiet observer, sometimes the kid in the center of the messed-up carnival, these poems are the fireflies you’ve missed all winter, the longed-for return of the bees. Unaffected and inherently hopeful, Callihan’s work is as merciful as it is moving.” SometimesSeemsKidsMovingBornAttentionCompassionReturnQuietProfoundWinterCarefulGenerousHopefulBeesPreciseObserversMercifulMessed UpFireflyCarnivals Author:Ada Limon
“Blanket compassion will shift the distribution decisively towards the manipulative end of the spectrum, and may paradoxically decrease the compassion with which the genuinely despairing are treated: for they are apt to get lost in the great mass of pseudo-distress and manipulation, and often their conduct draws less attention precisely because it is less attention-seeking.” MayEndsLostAttentionCompassionMassDrawsSeekingTreatedManipulationDistressDistributionSpectrumBlanketDecreasePseudoManipulativeAttention Seeking Author:Anthony Daniels
“I realize that there's a thing called the bodhisattva ideal, and it's a very nice pinnacle of attention. It's a very egotistical thought, ultimately.” RealizingAttentionCompassionNiceIdealsVery NiceEgotisticalPinnacleBodhisattva Author:Frederick Lenz
“In learning to pay respectful attention to one another and plants and animals, we relearn the acts of empathy, and thus humility and compassion - ways of proceeding that grow more and more necessary as the world crowds in.” WorldWayInspirationalMotivationalGrowsAnimalPayAttentionCompassionLearningGrowingHumilityEmpathyPlantCrowdsNovelistsCrowdedRespectfulRespecting OthersProceedingPlants And AnimalsBe Respectful Author:William Kittredge
“Men are tending to materialism. Houses, lands, and worldly goods attract their attention, and as a mirage lure them on to death. Christianity, on the other hand leads only the natural body to death, and for the spirit, it points out a house not built with hands, eternal in the heavens... Let me urge you to follow Him, not as the Nazarene, the Man of Galilee, the carpenter's son, but as the ever living spiritual person, full of love and compassion, who will stand by you in life and death and eternity.” MenPersonsBodyHandsSpiritualSpiritHouseHeavenNaturalAttentionCompassionChristianityLandHe ManSonEternalBuiltLet MeEternityLife And DeathUrgesMaterialismGoodsWorldlyLureLove And CompassionCarpenterMiragesNazarene Author:James A. Garfield
“Pay attention, people! There's no excuse for making the same mistakes that others have made. If you do, it's your own fault and you should expect no sympathy, no compassion.” PeopleIfsShouldMadePayAttentionMistakeCompassionFaultsExcusePay AttentionNo ExcusesSame MistakesNo SympathyNo CompassionMaking The Same Mistakes Author:Donald Trump
“For the moment a lot of attention is given to economic concerns, and these problems at hand easily eclipse all others. But the remedies proposed for these problems all come out of outmoded ways of thinking... The remedy? Compassion. The logical feeling that we find in ourselves if we search deeply enough that has to be exercised toward all other living creatures.” IfsThinkingWayEnoughMomentsFeelingsProblemHandsGivenAttentionCompassionEconomicCreaturesConcernLogicalRemedyWay Of ThinkingEclipseLiving Creatures Author:Dalai Lama