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Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is read more
Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.
It is lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then read more
It is lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then there is no obstacle to opening our hearts and minds to others.
Wars begin in the minds of man, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of read more
Wars begin in the minds of man, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.
Compassion is the basis of all morality
Compassion is the basis of all morality
I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking read more
I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.
Not to hurt our humble brethren in fur, feather or fin, is our first duty to them, but to stop read more
Not to hurt our humble brethren in fur, feather or fin, is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission: to be of service to them whenever they require it.
the train rolls by the cows
grazing in the meadows
.. and they hear the moos
the frightened cries
of read more
the train rolls by the cows
grazing in the meadows
.. and they hear the moos
the frightened cries
of their fellows
captive in the cars.
The dew of compassion is a tear.
The dew of compassion is a tear.
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.