“The next time you find yourself in some way trying desperately to land safely, your compassion might be what finally gives you the courage you need to let go of the controls. In doing so, you might discover that each time you let go, it becomes easier and easier to re-enter the atmosphere of your own aliveness. Gradually you’ll come home to the flow of your own living presence, the warmth and space of your awakening heart.” WayNeedsGivingTryingHeartHomeMightNextSpaceCompassionLandEasierLetting GoFlowAwakeningAtmosphereFinding YourselfComing HomeWarmthNext Time Author:Tara Brach
“Human cruelty took the form of a pact with the deity. A solemn oath was made to kill everything, in which people forbade themselves any display of reason or compassion. A city or a land was devoted to destruction and it was believed an insult to God if one did not observe the abominable oath.” PeopleIfsHumansMadeReasonFormCitiesCompassionAtheismLandDestructionPositive AtheismCrueltyInsultDisplayDevotedDeitiesSolemnOathPactHuman Cruelty Author:Ernest Renan
“Nobody is so heartily despised as a pusillanimous, lazy, good-for-nothing, land-lubber; a sailor has no bowels of compassion for him.” CompassionLandLazySailorDespisedBowels Book:Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, During a Four Months' Residence in the Valley of the Marquesas Source: Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, During a Four Months' Residence in the Valley of the Marquesas
“Graciousness, courtesy, compassion-this is hesed. Hesed is a quality that extends even to the animals and the land. The sabbath rest principle of Hebrew law included the needs of the livestock (Exod. 23:12). After seven years of planting and harvesting, the land itself needed "a year of complete rest" (Lev. 25:5). Even the soil of the vineyards was not to be overtaxed by planting other crops between the rows (Deut. 22:9). The oxen that trod out the grain were not to be muzzled so that they could eat while they worked (Deut. 25:4). And so on.” NeedsYearsLawAnimalQualityCompassionPrinciplesLandNeededEnvironmentalSevenSoilSustainabilityGrainSeven YearsCourtesyCropsHebrewSabbathVineyardsGraciousnessLivestockOxen Author:Richard J. Foster
“Bodh Gaya is a land of enlightenment. Years ago, what Bodh Gaya got was Siddhartha but what Bodh Gaya gave to the world was Lord Buddha, the epitome of knowledge, peace and compassion.” WorldYearsCompassionLordLandEnlightenmentYears AgoEmpowermentIndiaSiddharthaEpitomeLord Buddha Author:Narendra Modi
“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
“The world may be as evangelized as it will ever get if we attempt to complete the remaining task with a motivation built around the fleeting feelings of compassion. Mercy can strike a match, but we need emissaries from many lands who are ablaze with the inexhaustible fuel of jealousy for God's glory.” IfsWorldNeedsMayFeelingsMotivationCompassionLandGloryBuiltTasksMercyStrikesFuelFleeting Author:Steven C. Hawthorne