Success follows those who champion a cause greater than themselves.

When we refuse to work with our disappointment, we break the Precepts: rather than experience the disappointment, we resort to anger, greed, gossip, criticism. Yet it’s the moment of being that disappointment which is fruitful;...

I am not going to change who I am. I am human and I know how to love, and be kind, and be compassionate to those who are weaker than me. Just because I have...

Compassion doesn’t arise from the belief that the evil in the world is somebody else’s fault or that it is a result of poor choices a suffering person has made.

Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into the places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. Compassion challenges us to cry out with those in misery, to mourn...

Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our...

Be near your brothers. Not just one, but both of them.

The point is not that this world is too sad to love or too glad not to love; the point is that when you do love a thing, its gladness is a reason for loving...

Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love,...

The depth of our compassion is proportional to the depth of our living. (65)

The world is full of what seem like intractable problems. Often we let that paralyze us. Instead, let is spur you to action. There are some people in the world that we can’t help, but...

…Daisy doesn’t even go to his funeral, Nick and Jordan part ways, and Daisy ends up sticking with racist Tom… you can tell Fitzgerald never took the time to look up at clouds during sunset,...

Be Relentless in your Compassion for it is Your Power.

[…] during one train stop, I watched as another guard with a spirit of empathy, ran out into an apple orchard and picked apples. He carried his jacket like a bag and filled it with...

Live with an open mind and an open heart. Always choose love over fear and kindness over cruelty.

It’s not about being liberal or conservative, it’s about being human.It’s not about being rich or poor, it’s about being alive and happy.It’s not about being right, it’s about being considerate and compassionate.

Sometimes when you’re surrounded by dirt, CJ, you’re a better witness for what’s beautiful.

The Goddess spoke to all the dead. She was beloved for it. It seemed she passed on that gift to you. Oh, it taxed her immensely, but she tried to set as many to rest...

In a world plagued with commonplace tragedies, only one thing exists that truly has the power to save lives, and that is love.

I was not always that way, but perhaps the shadow Earth, where I spent so many years, mellowed me a bit, and maybe my hitch in the dungeons of Amber reminded me somewhat of the...

The mind will enchain yourself, others or both. Your heart will set you / them free

Look at the world with the vision of peace, love, and compassion. Then the whole world will appear loving and peaceful.

As compassionate beings, we cannot harm others, not even through our inaction.

Today’s society is wanting in such a way that Honor, Integrity, Trust, Compassion, Empathy are left for the homeless and their pets.

It is compassion, the most gracious of virtues,Which moves the world.

The bank of love is never bankrupt.

Why are you touching me? Because I can.

When I save, I lay something aside for future need. If I sense God’s leading, I will give it away to meet greater needs. When I hoard, I’m unwilling to part with what I’ve saved...

God knew I was different and gave me these beautiful wings because he meant for me to fly. You see…I wasn’t meant to be like you. I was meant to be me–better.

Doing evil to another person doesn’t prove your love and loyalty to another person; it proves your significant other wants you to walk away from the light because they are lonely living in the dark.

Cruel people offer pity when they no longer feel threatened. However, kind people offer compassion and understanding regardless.

This rose of pearl-coated infinity transformsthe diseased slums of a broken heartinto a palace made of psalms and gold.

The author reveals a cultural change that took place when clergy were paid based on a tax on the land’s value rather than what it produced. This meant that, while parishioners could suffer through a...

Your suffering is here to help you unfold and to awaken into compassion, love and strength.

Our wings are small but the ripples of the heart are infinite.

Compassion is not complete if it does not include oneself.

There is nothing more important to me than friendship. Nothing makes me feel happier, more loved, or more alive than when I make a friend. When one of my friends is upset, I will drop...

Humanity is not only ‘great acts’ spending thousands, putting your name on headlines. Humanity is to be kind to every living being, to be compassionate towards all, even to the tiniest animal, seen and unseen....

How about another run?

It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.

Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters.

If a man cannot understand the beauty of life, it is probably because life never understood the beauty in him.

We must empower our weak to be strong, and teach our strong to be compassionate. This will open a door to oneness.

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

Gain strength. Suck up energy. Make a point of appreciating the fragrance of the flowers and the beauty of the sunset. It is like armor. When you take a moment to practice my message you...

The topic of compassion is not at all religious business; it is important to know it is human business, it is a question of human survival.

This is my letter to the worldThat never wrote to me

I knew then that this is how God loves us all and receives us all, and that there is no such thing in this universe as hell, except maybe in our own terrified minds. Because...

Perimeter is not meaning, but it changes meaning,/as wit increases distance, and compassion erodes it.

You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.