Quotes by Compassion What value has compassion that does not take its object in its arms? Antoine de Saint-Exupery arms compassion doe [Six principles that make for a good story:] 1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of a political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons and objects; 4. extreme brevity; 5. audacity and originality: flee the stereotype; 6. compassion. Anton Chekhov objectivity political compassion When you deal with something like compassion for physical pain, which we know is very, very old in evolution - we can find evidence for it in nonhuman species - the brain processes it at a faster speed. Compassion for mental pain took many seconds longer. Antonio Damasio pain compassion brain I don't understand love quite honestly. I think compassion is important but love fizzles out eventually. Anushka Sharma important compassion thinking Torture presupposes, it requires, it craves the abrogation of our capacity to imagine others suffering, dehumanizing them so much that their pain is not our pain. It demands this of the torturer, placing the victim outside and beyond any form of compassion or empathy, but also demands of everyone else the same distancing, the same numbness. Ariel Dorfman numbness pain compassion Human dignity can be achieved only in the field of ethics, and ethical achievement is measured by the degree in which our actions are governed by compassion and love, not by greed and aggressiveness. Arnold J. Toynbee achievement compassion self-esteem When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future. Arnold Schwarzenegger strength compassion inspirational Some things have eternal value, and compassion is one of them. I hope we never lose that. Compassion for humans as well as animals. Arthur C. Clarke values compassion animal He spoke wistfully of a sudden leaving, a breaking of old ties, a flight into a strange world, ending in this dreary valley, and Ettie listened, her dark eyes gleaming with pity and with sympathy - those two qualities which may turn so rapidly and so naturally to love. Arthur Conan Doyle eye compassion dark The world was created because God willed it, but why did He will it? Judaism has maintained, in all of its versions, that this world is the arena that God created for man, half beast and half angel; to prove that he could be a moral being...man was given dominion over nature, but he was commanded to behave towards the rest of creation with justice and compassion. Man lives, always, in tension between his power and the limits set by his conscience. Arthur Hertzberg angel compassion men The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality. Arthur Schopenhauer philosophical compassion positive Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are its tormented souls. Arthur Schopenhauer compassion animal men universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality. Arthur Schopenhauer compassion animal friendship For an act to be moral the intention must be based on compassion, not duty. We do something because we want to do it, because we feel we have to do it, not because we ought to do it. And even if our efforts fail - or we never even get to implement them - we are still moral because our motivation was based on compassion. Arthur Schopenhauer effort motivation compassion Nothing shocks our moral feelings so deeply as cruelty does. We can forgive every other crime, but not cruelty. The reason for this is that it is the very opposite of compassion. Arthur Schopenhauer compassion opposites feelings Ask yourself if these Democrats still speak for you. When they say we have a duty to grow government even when we can't afford it, does it sound like compassion to you - or recklessness? Artur Davis government compassion sound If you can't find it in your own heart to be compassionate look in someone else's before giving up on love altogether. Ashley Young giving-up compassion heart Women have a level of outward compassion that a lot of men don't necessarily have. Guys feel as deeply as women, but they don't share it as much. Ashton Kutcher guy compassion men Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. Audre Lorde compassion caring self nothing is more important than empathy for another human being's suffering. Nothing. Not a career, not wealth, not intelligence, certainly not status. We have to feel for one another if we're going to survive with dignity. Audrey Hepburn empathy careers compassion «345678910111213»