Quotes by Compassion Compassion is a reflection of our connectedness. Your voice is need and much appreciated! Widad Akrawi voicecompassionreflection My wife is the most awesome person in the universe. She's made this experience much less miserable for me, with her compassion, patience and understanding. Wil Wheaton wifecompassionpatience Love is the dove of peace, the spirit of brotherhood, it is tenderness and compassion, forgiveness and tolerance. Wilferd Peterson tolerancecompassionlove-is There is no way to overstate the magnitude of the collective spiritual transformation that will occur when we shift from food of violent oppression to food of gentleness and compassion. Will Tuttle compassionspiritualway Compassion is ethical intelligence: it is the capacity to make connections and the consequent urge to act to relieve the suffering of others. Will Tuttle suffering-of-othersconnectionscompassion Performing is about developing empathy, which leads us to a broader view of the world and encourages us to develop compassion; so we can comfort each other and not be so brutal with each other. Willem Dafoe empathycompassionviews Our leaders are cruel because only those willing to be inordinately cruel and remorseless can hold positions of leadership in the foreign policy establishment. People capable of expressing a full human measure of compassion and empathy toward faraway powerless strangers do not become president of the United States, or vice president, or secretary of state, or national security adviser or secretary of the treasury. Nor do they want to. William Blum empathycompassionpeople Can I see a falling tear, William Blake sorrowcompassionfall A profusion of pink roses being ragged in the rain speaks to me of all gentleness and its enduring. William Carlos Williams flowercompassionrain I pick the hair from her eyes and watch her misery with compassion. William Carlos Williams eyecompassionhair Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, / Sails ripped, seams opening wide, and compass lost. William Cowper tempestcompassionlost Great Powers of falling wave and wind and windy fire, William Butler Yeats compassionfirefall Health is the working man's fortune, and he ought to watch over it more than the capitalist over his largest investments. Health lightens the efforts of body and mind. It enables a man to crowd much work into a narrow compass. Without it, little can be earned, and that little by slow, exhausting toil. William Ellery Channing effortcompassionmen I had rather, if cruelty has been prevented by the four prints [The Four Stages of Cruelty], be maker of them than of the [Raphael] cartoons. William Hogarth fourcartooncompassion When we endure our own tragedies or trials, most of us develop some empathy and compassion for others who are suffering. The trick is to keep that sense of compassion going throughout our daily lives, when we are likely to go on automatic pilot and move back into being judgmental, especially when times are tough. William Hudson O'Hanlon empathycompassionmoving The art is about opening, it is not about prejudice, it is not about contempt prior to investigation. It's about endlessly trying to keep from having contempt by admitting that you don't know. Even if you know a lot compared to some other people, usually, I think, the honest experience would be: "God, how little I know! And how much I need to have compassion for myself and for other people." William Hurt compassionartthinking Throughout his many years, he enriched the lives of countless others and served as a model of generosity and discipline to those he met, fostering an atmosphere of compassion, harmony, and unity. Sri Chinmoy was a leader, humanitarian, artist, athlete, and public servant who will be sorely missed. His legacy of kindness, reflection, and resolve will endure for many years to come. William J. Clinton compassionathletekindness The simple fact is that we must not-and we will not-surrender our borders to those who wish to exploit our history of compassion and justice. William J. Clinton compassionsimplejustice Being vegan or vegetarian isn't just about compassion for animals. Most of the destruction of the planet is the result of all the clear-cutting, groundwater contamination, grain production, fuel consumption, greenhouse gas, viral proliferation - the direct result of livestock production. William McNamara cuttingcompassionanimal There is this notion that the lives of the comfortable-off middle class don't merit being treated seriously and with compassion. William Nicholson meritcompassionclass«114115116117118119120121122123124»
