“We strive to teach our children the importance of being caring and compassionate to others. This outpouring of emotion and effort by our children was so gratifying, and what they achieved absolutely exceeded our wildest expectations.” ChildrenEffortEmotionTeachExpectationsImportanceOur ChildrenStriveCaringCompassionate Author:Jeff B. Davis
“To think that God is compassionate is a terrible mistake. To think that God is wrathful is equally stupid. God isn't emotional. You are. To superimpose your emotions on infinity is typically human.” ThinkingHumansGodEmotionMistakeCompassionStupidEmotionalTerribleInfinityCompassionate Author:Frederick Lenz
“When men are rightly occupied, their amusement grows out of their work, as the colour-petals out of a fruitful flower; when they are faithfully helpful and compassionate, all their emotions become steady, deep, perpetual, and vivifying to the soul as the natural pulse to the body. But now, having no true business, we pour our whole masculine energy into the false business of money-making; and having no true emotion, we must have false emotions dressed up for us to play with, not innocently, as children with dolls, but guiltily and darkly.” MenChildrenSoulPlayWholeBodyEnergyGrowsNaturalEmotionFlowerMaking MoneyColourHelpfulCompassionateSteadyPerpetualMasculineAmusementPulseDollsPetalsDressed UpTrue Emotions Book:The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings Source: The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings
“How can you be afraid to feel? Isn't fear a feeling? If you're feeling fear, you've felt one of the most negative emotions there is to feel. Everything else should be a piece of cake. Feel good, feel happy, feel healthy, feel loved, feel abundant, feel creative, feel compassionate, feel knowledgeable, feel powerful.” IfsFeelsShouldFeelingsFeltFearPowerfulEmotionCreativityCreativePiecesHealthHealthyNegativeHappyFeel GoodCakeCompassionateKnowledgeableNegative Emotions Author:Bashar al-Assad
“So long as men are compassionate to such a degree that they cannot hear a fly struggling in a spider's web without emotion it can never be reasonably maintained that it is their natural impulse to wound and kill the dumb animals, or to butcher one another in what is called the field of honour.” MenLongNaturalAnimalEmotionStruggleFieldsDegreesWoundsDumbImpulseHonourCompassionateAnimal RightsSpidersButchers Author:John Newton
“If you're self-compassionate, you'll tend to have higher self-esteem than if you're endlessly self-critical. And like high self-esteem - self-compassion is associated with significantly less anxiety and depression, as well as more happiness, optimism, and positive emotions.” IfsWellsSelfEmotionCompassionSelf EsteemHigherAnxietyOptimismCriticalEsteemCompassionateHigher SelfSelf CompassionHigh Self EsteemPositive Emotions Author:David D. Burns