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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.
The dew of compassion is a tear.
The dew of compassion is a tear.
 Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a 
short visit, not knowing why, yet read more 
 Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a 
short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a 
purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is 
one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other 
men. 
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with read more
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.
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.
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which read more
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.
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.
The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion constitutionality is no match with compassion.
The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion constitutionality is no match with compassion.