Quotes by Compassion A very hurting thing for Black Americans - to feel that we can't love our enemies. People forget what a great tradition we have as African-Americans in the practice of forgiveness and compassion. And if we neglect that tradition, we suffer. Bell Hooks compassion hurt practice I see compassion may become a justice, though it be a weakness, I confess, and nearer a vice than a virtue. Ben Jonson weakness compassion justice Difficult situations require compassion, level-headedness & the empathy to see issues from somebody else's perspective. Ben Parr difficult-situations issues compassion Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place. Science leads you to killing people. Ben Stein empathy compassion people Young men and women come of age when they look at their parents and see them not only as their parents but as people. They gain a lot of compassion, and it's easier to accept their flaws. Benjamin Alire Saenz compassion men people Nuremberg taught me that creating a world of tolerance and compassion would be a long and arduous task. And I also learned that if we did not devote ourselves to developing effective world law, the same cruel mentality that made the Holocaust possible might one day destroy the entire human race. Benjamin B. Ferencz compassion race law That's the only way we're going to get through these programs. That is true compassion. Having people become dependent on others is not compassion at all. Benjamin Carson compassion people way Carefully observe the natural laws in operation in the world around you, and live by them. From following them, you will learn the morality of modesty, moderation, compassion, and consideration (not just one society's rules and regulations), the wisdom of seeing things as they are (not of merely collecting "facts" about them), and the happiness of being in harmony with the Way (which has nothing to do with self-righteous "spiritual" obsessions and fanaticism). And you will live lightly, spontaneously, and effortlessly. Benjamin Hoff compassion self spiritual Journalists love to show their compassion. Bernard Goldberg journalist compassion shows Prostrate, see Thy cross I grasp,And Thy pierced feet I clasp;Gracious Jesus, spurn me not;On me, with compassion fraught,Let Thy glances fall.Thy cross of agony,My Beloved, look on me;Turn me wholly unto Thee;"Be thou whole," say openly:"I forgive thee all. Bernard of Clairvaux compassion fall jesus It's very rare to be in a state where there's nothing in, where you have no attachment to any idea or concept about yourself. In that state you've immediately raised the mind of compassion, because if nothing is in, everything is in, and you are now free to experience yourself as the world. Bernie Glassman experience-yourself attachment compassion Each of is an arm of Kannon, enabling Kannon to do her work. Like her, we're also overwhelmed, but when we reallize that the millions of pieces are all operating as one, then there's no problem. The reason we get overwhelmed is that we're attached to a certain result or taht we want to achieve a certain result or that we to achieve a certain goal. If we weren't attached we wouldn't be overwhelmed. It's endless. And we just take one step after the next Bernie Glassman pieces compassion goal God wants us to know that life is a series of beginnings not endings. Just as graduations are not terminations but commencements. Creation is an ongoing process and when we create a perfect world where love and compassion are shared by all suffering will cease. Bernie Siegel compassion suffering perfect There are certain things that our age needs, and certain things that it should avoid. It needs compassion and a wish that mankind should be happy; it needs the desire for knowledge and the determination to eschew pleasant myths; it needs, above all, courageous hope and the impulse to creativeness. Bertrand Russell determination compassion faith God uses change to change us. He doesn’t use it to destroy us or to distract us, but to coax us to the next level of character, experience, compassion and destiny! Beth Moore destiny compassion character Compassion can drive us to do amazing things and give us perspective. Bethany Hamilton perspective compassion giving You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself. Bette Midler compassion feelings feels A person who pulls himself up from a low environment via the bootstrap route has two choices. Having risen above his environment, he can forget it; or, he can rise above it and never forget it and keep compassion and understanding in his heart for those he has left behind him in the cruel upclimb. Betty Smith compassion heart two They learned no compassion from their own anguish. thus their suffering was wasted. Betty Smith anguish compassion suffering Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more powerful searchlight than cold reason. Betty Williams often-is powerful compassion «56789101112131415»
