Quotes by Compassion Being silent for me doesn't require being in a quiet place and it doesnt mean not saying words. It means, "receiving in a balanced, noncombative way what is happening." With or without words, the hope of my heart is that it will be able to relax and acknowledge the truth of my situation with compassion. Sylvia Boorstein compassionheartmean The responses of friendliness, compassion, and appreciation that I felt ...--all situational permutations of basic goodwill--depended on my mind's being relaxed and alert enough to notice both what was happening around me and what was happening as my internal response. [p.50] Sylvia Boorstein compassionmindappreciation Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers. Susan Sontag compassionactionneeds Poor animals! How jealously they guard their pathetic bodies...that which to us is merely an evening's meal, but to them is life itself. T. Casey Brennan compassionpetanimal Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears. Tacitus politicstearscompassion The customs of the Jews are base and abominable and owe their persistence to their depravity. Jews are extremely loyal to one another, always ready to show compassion, but towards every other people they feel only hate and enimity. As a race (the Jews are not a race, because they have mingled with the other races to the point that they are only a people, not a race), they are prone to lust; among themselves nothing is unlawful. Tacitus persistencehatecompassion Such sorrow— The cry of true compassion Sinks into my hard ego. Taitetsu Unno egosorrowcompassion Unless you have suffered and wept, you really don't understand what compassion is, nor can you give comfort to someone who is suffering. If you haven't cried, you can't dry another's eyes. Unless you've walked in darkness, you can't help wanderers find the way. Unless you've looked into the eyes of menacing death and felt its hot breath, you can't help another rise from the dead and taste anew the joy of being alive. Takashi Nagai eyecompassiongiving The wounded surgeon plies the steel T. S. Eliot compassionhandsart Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction. Talib Kweli religion-and-politicsdistractioncompassion Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that prevents us from responding to our life with clarity and balance. Tara Brach compassionresponsibilityself Compassion can be described as letting ourselves be touched by the vulnerability and suffering that is within ourselves and all beings. The full flowering of compassion also includes action: Not only do we attune to the presence of suffering, we respond to it. Tara Brach compassionsufferingaction Each time you meet an old emotional pattern with presence, your awakening to truth can deepen. There’s less identification with the self in the story and more ability to rest in the awareness that is witnessing what’s happening. You become more able to abide in compassion, to remember and trust your true home. Rather than cycling repetitively through old conditioning, you are actually spiraling toward freedom. Tara Brach emotionalcompassionhome Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path. Tara Brach compassionselfspiritual Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion. Tara Brach compassiondoorwaysrelaxation The mistake we make is that when we're feeling another person is not treating us in the way that makes us feel secure and loved, we fixate our attention on that person and what's wrong with them. We also fixate on what's wrong with us. Instead, we can bring forward two wings of awareness: the wing of mindfulness (noticing what's going on inside us) and the wing of kindness (compassion to what's going on inside us). Tara Brach compassionkindnessmistake If you want to do your best for future generations of humanity, for your friends and family, you must begin by taking good care of yourself. Tarthang Tulku futurefamilycompassion In the process of deeply accepting our own inner experience, instead of being identified with a story of a limited self, we realize the compassion and wakefulness that is our essence. Tara Brach compassionessenceself It's the beginning of opening to love. Even if there's not much feeling of compassion toward oneself, just say, "It's okay, sweetheart," or "I'm sorry and I love you." Tara Brach compassionsorrylove-you Unless we're completely awake, have a degree of that. We tense against love and hold on in a way that doesn't let it flow. When that's really strong, the key piece to freeing our hearts is self-compassion. Tara Brach strongcompassionheart«107108109110111112113114115116117»
