Quotes by Compassion The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others. Paramahansa Yogananda compassionhearthappiness You can have compassion for someone who is suffering and try to help this person but if your relationship with mankind is only one of compassion, it is only another form of contempt and it prevents feelings like admiration, empathy which to my mind are much more positive. Pascal Bruckner empathycompassionfeelings Relational trust is built on movements of the human heart such as empathy, commitment, compassion, patience, and the capacity to forgive. Parker J. Palmer compassionheartcommitment But no one walks out of his family without reprisals: a family is too disciplined an army to offer compassion to its deserters. Pat Conroy armywalkscompassion Never be petty. Do not feed resentments against anyone. I prefer good-hearted sinners to so called good people who are intolerant and devoid of compassion. Being spiritual is to have an open mind, understand and forgive, and be friends with everyone. Paramahansa Yogananda compassionwisdomspiritual Be happy for those who are happy, have compassion towards the unhappy, and maintain equanimity towards the wicked. Patanjali wickedcompassionhumility Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked. Patanjali yogacompassionmeditation In your heart must well that sympathy which soothes away all pains from the hearts of others. Paramahansa Yogananda paincompassionheart If you actually are a doctor and admitted it, you'd say, 'I don't cure a huge percentage, I don't have a 50 percent cure rate ... but I can have a 100 percent compassion rate'. Patch Adams curesdoctorscompassion She thought she brought a gift of compassion for those exhausted souls who had not received a chest portion from the people who raised them. If compassion and therapy did not work, she could always send her patients to the local pharmacy for drugs. Pat Conroy drugcompassionpeople I think my government are fascists. I feel that if we don't change from a society that worships money and power over to one that worships compassion and generosity, there is no hope for human survival this century. Patch Adams governmentcompassionthinking We men should be ashamed of ourselves. I think 85 percent of men are dangerous to women. We need to change to a values system nested in compassion and generosity, and women have carried that torch throughout history. Patch Adams compassionmenthinking One day, I just thought, if you see a bird with a broken leg, you really have the urge to do something about it and help the bird, then at the same time you go to a restaurant and eat a chicken or something. It doesn't make any sense. Patrik Baboumian bodybuildingcompassionsympathy It's hard to pull apart empathy from compassion. What is really clear is that we innately care for other people at least to some extent. Paul Bloom empathycompassionpeople By “empathy,” some people mean everything that is good - compassion, kindness, warmth, love, being a mensch, changing the world - and I'm for all of those things. I'm not a monster. Paul Bloom compassionkindnessmean I think we should really discourage this sort of empathic engagement when it comes to making moral decisions. I think we should focus on something like compassion, on getting people to care more for others without putting ourselves in their shoes. Paul Bloom shoescompassionthinking People differ in where they direct their empathy and their compassion. Many people are intensely concerned about the suffering of non-human animals, and some do not care at all. There are cultural differences. Paul Bloom differencescompassionanimal Some people think that without that spark of empathy we would do nothing, but that's just flat-out wrong. You could feel compassion for somebody without the spark of empathy. Paul Bloom compassionpeoplethinking How do we give credible hope to the billion poorest people in the world? It requires compassion to get ourselves started, and enlightened self-interest to get serious... If economic divergence continues, combined with global integration, it will build a nightmare for our children. Paul Collier compassionselfchildren More by example than by word, my father taught me logical reasoning, compassion, love of others, honesty, and discipline applied with understanding. Paul D. Boyer honestycompassionfather«8485868788899091929394»
