compassion

The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it withing his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.

It was the kind of country that made you feel better about yourself.

Give Compassion: Every day the average person fights epic battles never told just to survive.

Compassion means knowing that I may never find that person who understands my pain but through my struggle I can become one who understands.

I'd always follow Nixon's orders, but you can't order somebody to be happy.

Love gives insight, Maggie, and insight often gives foreboding. Listen to me, let me supply you with books; do let me see you sometimes, be your brother and teacher, as you said at Lorton. It is less wrong that you should see me than that you should be committing this long suicide.

If kindness isn't your strong suit, then you need to change clothes.

Everything is going to be alright' doesn't mean stubbing your toe won't hurt anymore, but it reinforces that what takes place today, good or bad, is just a small piece of the larger puzzle

It is not loving to impose our own grid onto others. We need to understand their situation and their needs accurately, and this comes from listening to them, not coming in with our own assumptions.

Outrage is easy, cheap, and oversold. The nation needs less anger and more thoughtful reflection, less shouting and more listening, less dissembling and more honesty.

I want a future abortion conversation known for its openness, respect and empathy, so instead of generating more heat, anger and conflict, I practice pro-voice.

It seems that, without clarity and honesty, we don't progress. We just stay stuck in the same vicious cycle. But honesty without kindness makes us feel grim and mean, and pretty soon we start looking like we've been sucking on lemons. We become so caught up in introspection that we lose any contentment or gratitude we might have had. The sense of being irritated by ourselves and our lives and other people's idiosyncrasies becomes overwhelming. That's why there's so much emphasis on kindness.

Love draws you out of your cocoon of self-absorption to attune to others. Love allows you to really see another person, holistically, with care, concern, and compassion.

When you serve the humanity with compassion and kindness,You express your spontaneous love and inner greatness.

Disgust at idols strengthened his love for idolaters, and the man who once held Gentile neighbors at a distance now listened to their problems, fears, and temptations.

I love this life and even if to be taken from me, I will love that you have yours. Cherish all life, for life is worth cherishing.

To be able to put oneself in another__ position, to be able to see and to feel as another person does, this is the rare gift of an earnest spiritual seeker.

John Quincy Adams' depression was treated by his aunt with some reliable remedies, first sleep and then compassion. She said, " He was half cared for by having someone to care for him.