compassion

Mindfulness helps us to set boundaries by revealing what makes us unhappy & what brings us peace.

People said things to me like "They're just animals. They're here for our use." I had a visceral reaction to that phrase, maybe because I was told countless times during my growing-up years that I was "just like an animal." I had suffered much of my life because I was considered less than human. Animals were suffering because they were less than human. And it seemed to me that human didn't have much to be proud of, if they treated other living things with such blind cruelty.

Be a gift, a light, a blessing as far as the eye can see to answer a call as well as a genuine, compassionate heart can reach.

He had the compassion of a vivisectionist.

When we experience dissatisfaction at work, which everyone does we can use our disappointment as fuel to wake up.

We must quit thinking we know everything, and quit placing "knowledge" over kindness and compassion.

Whisper sweetly the tenderness of the moment. Let the love teach you the true meaning and passion of this experience we share. With gratitude and reverence for the blessings and miracles I receive and witness, my heart still beats as the little things die to be reborn with a greater joy for life in each moment.

Dear God, give bread to those who are hungry and a hunger and thirst for justice to those who have plenty. Amen.

Our primary health care should begin on the farm and in our hearts, and not in some laboratory of the biotech and pharmaceutical companies.

The solution to nearly every problem in the world comes down to greater awareness, compassion, and empathy.

Having a vested interest in other souls unconditionally creates a ripple effect that produces miracles in the lives of those around us.

It is a hard lesson to learn and a lesson we most of us need to learn at some point: We cannot assume to know a person's history from their face.

A simple truth delivered in kindness may be the impetus that ignites a passionate fire in another__ soul and goes on to become the source of motivation for positive change.

The one thing in me more powerful than a general misanthropy is an inescapable compassion for individuals.

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

The political vision of the religious right is for the most part an individualistic politics of righteousness, not a communal politics of compassion.

Honesty, vulnerability and a good amount of courageous faith allows you to cry out in your bewilderment and not lose your belief in the process. These things allow you to wrestle your faith rather than lose it.

After all I've seen, if I hadn't learned compassion, I wouldn't be worth much.