“Through watering the ground of affectionate love with cherishing love, And then sowing the seeds of wishing love and compassion, the medicinal tree of Bodhichitta will grow.” LoveFeelingsWishGrowsReligiousCompassionGrowingTreeEmpathyEnlightenmentSeedsBuddhistCherishSympathyLove And CompassionAffectionateSowing Author:Je Tsongkhapa
“Compassion and empathy are not the same as feeling sorry for oneself. They are emotions that extend our perceptual ranges.” FeelingsEmotionCompassionEmpathySorryOneselfRangeFeeling SorryCompassion And Empathy Author:Frederick Lenz
“Tradesmen regard an author with a mixed feeling of terror, compassion and curiosity.” FeelingsCompassionRegardCuriosityTerrorMixed Feelings Author:Honore de Balzac
“In its sentimental mode, compassion is an exercise in moral indignation, in feeling good rather than doing good ... In its unsentimental mode, compassion seeks above all to do good.” FeelingsCompassionMoralExerciseFeel GoodSentimentalDoing GoodIndignationMoral Indignation Author:Gertrude Himmelfarb