…and as he begged with tears in his eyes, I felt compassion for him.

Humans — who enslave, castrate, experiment on, and fillet other animals — have had an understandable penchant for pretending animals do not feel pain. A sharp distinction between humans and ‘animals’ is essential if we...

To be human is, primarily, to embrace that we are human with strengths and weaknesses, and that our humanity is preordained to seek the Truth, Good and Beauty as part of our humanity. To be...

purveyors of hope.” They help me to know that beyond every mountain I face there is a path…even if I can’t see it from the valley.

What if today you gave yourself permission to be outrageously kind? What if you extended as much good will and kindness as you can possibly muster to every person you meet? And what if you...

Who doesn’t want to know that we notice them and value them? And who might respond to us better when they feel that they matter? It probably cannot be overstated – it matters…that people matter.

We each have the power to give. It’s the most gratifying feeling ever. By reaching out to help another human being you’re sending ripples of positive change.

People that hurt others, only act on a pain they feel themselves.

In life I’ve learnt to CHERISH the moments with those I meet in life, CONQUER my fears, CLIMB the ladder of opportunities, COUNT my blessings, and CARE for the needy.

You can’t fix things with a hug, but you can’t make them any worse either.

Gracious words refresh, restore and revive the soul.

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.

Compassion is often mistaken for weakness, when the fact is, there is very little that is more powerful than the courage it takes to give it.

When you are at your lowest God speaks the loudest.

And in blessing himI was blessed,And in comforting himI was comforted…

If it is not tempered by compassion, and empathy, reason can lead men and women into a moral void. (95)

But we have, if not our understanding, our own experience, and it feels to me sealed, inviolable, ours. We have a last, deep week together, because Wally is not on morphine yet, because he has...

And I realized a wondrous truth: that knowledge could be our treasure, that there were things humankind knew that we did not, that our conquest need not comprise taking and killing, but could consist of...

Give your weakness to one who helps.

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.

A single act of kindness is like a drop of oil on a patch of dry skin—seeping, spreading, and affecting more than the original need.

There are ultimately two choices in life: to fight it or to embrace it. If you fight it you will lose – if you embrace it you become one with it and you’ll be lived.

Enlightenment seems paradoxical but all it needs is compassion

Eating meat and drinking liquor are demonic vices. Those indulging in drink lose all sense of propriety, have no compassion or love and become demons.

In the things that really matter–our covenants, the commandments, and following the prophet–we need to be completely united. In the non-essentials, we have our agency to handle things as we see fit. But, in all...

It’s funny how, in this journey of life, even though we may begin at different times and places, our paths cross with others so that we may share our love, compassion, observations, and hope. This...

Help people help themselves. Don’t judge, just help. In this process, be cautious to simply point them in the right direction and help them get moving. Don’t make your journey theirs, nor make their journey...

Film photography will always be superior to digital – because no matter how many lasers and instant buttons and HD pixels you’ve got, a human being can take a photograph with much more integrity and...

Love is that which gives of itself.

When people want to win they will go to desperate extremes. However, anyone that has already won in life has come to the conclusion that there is no game. There is nothing but learning in...

You’re going to come across some truly gifted people in your lifetime that seem to know all the answers. However, they lost their personal relationship with God, along the way. Love them anyways, and do...

Cependant, la nouvelle organisation aura beau être structurellement bien pensée, elle pourra être remise en question par les humains dont elle est censée améliorer la condition et le destin. Car si l’être humain ne change...

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

A saint or monk can afford to be compassionate to all, but a leader or boss cannot always be kind. He may soon be without a job himself if he is unduly compassionate, and chances...

Nothing on earth is as unbearable as dealing with other people if you are a person who lacks compassion and understanding.

Beautify your inner dialogue. Beautify your inner world with love light and compassion. Life will be beautiful.

Technology offers us a unique opportunity, though rarely welcome, to practice patience.

Everyone is always doing as well as they can within their personal limitations, their personal history, what they know and don’t know and what they’re feeling in that moment. If they could make a healthier...

Our hearts of stone become hearts of flesh when we learn where the outcast weeps.

LOVE is measured in GAUGE TWENTY- specifically, love pressure in the surrounding area. If it drops below four percent, though, you may have trouble-the VW might get sad, slow down, or even stop altogether. If...

Rage — whether in reaction to social injustice, or to our leaders’ insanity, or to those who threaten or harm us — is a powerful energy that, with diligent practice, can be transformed into fierce...

If I could give one message to the bullied, it would be this: You are not alone. You are strong. You have a voice. You are beautiful. You are intelligent. There are many kids who...

Perhaps a seemingly dull, boring person is not a person who lacks personality, but rather a person with so much personality most other things bore them.

Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say...

A compassionate government does not need to pay too much attention to those who don’t have needs. True leadership is to fulfill a need of the needy. People who have needs need attention indeed! Be...

Each person you meetis an aspect of yourself,clamoring for love.

Kindness, motherfucker, kindness.

Compassion is not prevention of all negative certainty, it is a home floating on the sea of fear, that equally brings assistance to those sinking.

I believe that the more time we spend choosing to run the deep inner-peace circuitry of our right hemispheres, the more peace we will project into the world, and the more peaceful our planet will...

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