Quotes by Compassion Compassion is the heart that never stops loving others. It is like a wellspring that never runs dry. Ryuho Okawa compassionheartrunning A divine dance appears in the soul and the body at the time of peace and union.Anyone can learn the dance, just listen to the music. Rumi bodycompassionsoul Rather than converting people from one organised religion to another organised religion, we should try to convert people from misery to happiness, from bondage to liberation and from cruelty to compassion. S. N. Goenka compassiontryingpeople Liberals measure compassion by counting the number of people receiving government help. Rush Limbaugh governmentcompassionnumbers Liberals measure compassion by how many people are given welfare. Conservatives measure compassion by how many people no longer need it. Rush Limbaugh compassionpeopleneeds All human beings are limbs of the same body. God created them from the same essence. If one part of the body suffers pain, then the whole body is affected. If you are indifferent to this pain, you cannot be called a human being. Saadi paincompassionessence An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend. Saadi compassionlustkindness Life is a manifestation of unity. Said Nursi unitycompassionlife-is You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-powerful God. Saint Stephen powerfulcompassionhumble Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in his compassion raised me up and exalted me very high and placed me on the top of the wall. Saint Patrick wallcompassionlying Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. Saint Francis de Sales patientcompassioninspirational What is my great wish and intention, is to make a base of compassion and to encourage people to work to shift the energy. Sakyong Mipham compassionwishpeople There is a tendency sometimes within the Shambhala community to make it just about meditating and, so, less about compassion. Shambhala is based upon compassion, but a lot of people come in and say, "I need to get more meditation. I need to do this for me, me, me." That's fine, but the view here is much more societal. Sakyong Mipham compassionviewspeople Our challenge is to find the compassion for others that we want them to have for us. Sally Kohn compassionchallengeswant A lot of people do their practice. They meditate on compassion. Then they yell at people afterwards. That is not quite working. One of the things I try to emphasize is contemplative meditation - bringing your thought and intention into meditation. Sakyong Mipham compassionpracticepeople A lot of times people do spiritual practice just for themselves. I try to turn that a little bit. I try to make spiritual practice more a part of the community. I write about infusing people with compassion. Sakyong Mipham compassionspiritualwriting My ethics, my sense of morality, my work ethic, my sense of compassion for suffering humanity, all of that comes directly out of the practice of poetry, as does my Buddhist practice. Poetry is a very important element in the history of Buddhism in general and in Zen in particular. It was really Zen that motivated me to change the way I perceive the world. Sam Hamill buddhistbuddhismcompassion Soul grows in communion. Word by word, story by story, for better or worse, we build our world. From true conversation - speaking and listening - communication deepens into compassion and creates community. Sam Keen our-worldcommunicationcompassion Compassion begins with the acknowledgment of the single inescapable truth that is the foundation for the possibility of love between human beings - an awareness of the tragic sense of life. Sam Keen foundationcompassionlove-is AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion. Sam Kinison diseasecompassionpeople«979899100101102103104105106107»
