💗 Compassion

“Compassion literally means to feel with to suffer with and in that shared feeling we find strength”

“One who is kind is sympathetic and gentle with others. He is considerate of others' feelings and courteous in his behavior.”

“Compassion is the quivering of the heart in response to the suffering of another”

“Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.”

“Compassion is the basis of morality.”

“Accept the things to which fate binds you and love the people with whom fate brings you together with compassion”

“What wisdom can you find that is greater than compassion for all living beings”

“Forgiveness and compassion are not just ethereal spiritual things they are the essence of what makes us human”

“Compassion is the wish that all beings may be free from suffering born from understanding our common humanity”

“If the only prayer you ever say is thank you that will be enough to open the door of compassion”

“Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you and unfold your own tale with compassion”

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see extending compassion to all”

“Love is a choice you make from moment to moment and compassion is loves highest expression”

“Compassion is an unstable emotion it needs to be translated into action or it withers”

“Remember that imperfection is part of the shared human experience and deserves compassion not criticism”

“He who feels no compassion will receive none.”

“Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by what compassion you bring to life”

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise bringing compassion with its light”

“All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well through compassion”

“When you judge another you do not define them you define yourself as someone who lacks compassion”

“He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.”

“Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle that you cannot see”

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls and the most compassionate hearts”

“The world is changed by your example not by your opinion so let your example be one of compassion”

“Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos and an act of self-compassion”

“An animal looks at you with the eyes of compassion reminding you that all creatures deserve kindness”

“Man may dismiss compassion, and those who feel it are sometimes combated as weaklings. But the process is a natural one. And the feeling that results is often the most profound thing in life.”

“Compassion is the radicalism of our time and the bravest act we can perform”

“Between stimulus and response there is a space and in that space is our power to choose compassion”

“The practice of compassion increases our capacity for engagement and our ability to be present”

“The soul that beholds beauty becomes beautiful itself. To see with compassion is to be transformed.”

“Let us touch the dying the poor the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received with compassion”

“The day will come when after harnessing the winds we shall harness compassion and love”

“If we stop long enough we can hear the still small voice of compassion calling us home”

“Put your heart mind and soul into even your smallest acts of compassion for this is the secret of success”

“The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world and the absence of compassion”

“Compassion by its very nature cannot be touched off by the suffering of a whole class or a people but only by individuals”

“Educating the mind without educating the heart in compassion is no education at all”

“Growth in compassion happens through those we welcome into our lives especially the vulnerable”

“Here is what we seek a compassion that can stand in awe at what the poor have to carry”

“Love is the most universal the most tremendous and the most mysterious of cosmic forces and compassion is its face”

“Until we extend our circle of compassion to all living things we will not ourselves find peace”

“Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants our compassion”

“My humanity is bound up in yours for we can only be human together through compassion”

“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice through compassion”

“Compassion is a verb it requires action not just feeling”

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”