Surrender your own poverty and acknowledge your nothingness to the Lord. Whether you understand it or not, God loves you, is present in you, lives in you, dwells in you, calls you, saves you and...

She sheltered her colors in the dark, where others were blind to see; I caught a glimpse of her lastly when she gave me a chance, before disappearing into the day. There was beauty locked...

How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?

Righteous is the one who was able to demonstrate compassion in face of human suffering.

We yearn for there to be meaning to our lives, balanced with a sense of inner peace & joy.

I believe in energies. Good energy has served me well. Being fair with others, compassionate towards them, remaining humble, and making a difference to someone are just a few of the things that I have...

No less a bold and pugnacious figure than Winston Churchill broke down and was unable to finish his remarks at the sendoff of the British Expeditionary Force into the maelstrom of World War I in...

Sometimes in life you find love so powerful that you get tunnel vision. You only see the one you love, the one you desire. No one or no thing gets in the way of what...

The essence of an individual is made up of both their soul and spirit. Spirit is basically life energy, while the soul is what gives a person the ability to feel compassion, love, and all...

Maumivu ya matatizo ya yule aliyekukosea hayana tofauti na maumivu ya matatizo ya wewe uliyekosewa. Adui yako (kwa mfano) akifiwa na mke aliyempenda sana, atajisikia vibaya kama utakavyojisikia vibaya kufiwa na mke uliyempenda sana. Kuwa...

If you haven’t walked in someone else’s shoes, it’s difficult to know the fit, so be kind and compassionate.

Be willing to give, but only when you aren’t expecting anything in return.

When there is too much sorrow in your heart, true compassion gets its ways out of it. Don’t make a will over your sorrow, nobody needs to inherit it!

Compassion is not a sometime action; it’s an every time passion! You can’t be compassionate for less than 7 days in one week… That’s first class hypocrisy!

We ate our fill, but there was more left when we was done. ‘It’ll be in the icebox if y’all want some more later on,’ she told us. There weren’t no way I would have...

Compassion is the radicalism of our time.

Life is so much better when your passion and calling line up. You understand the gift of your spiritual inheritance, assume responsibility for right and just choices, and you pour your signature presence into serving...

When I feel sad, I try to think of someone else in the world who is suffering worse than me. Like someone in Seattle, who is hurting so bad financially that instead of a vente...

Most of us care about one another. Human beings have considerably more in common with one another than they do differences. One’s religion, political persuasion, family, financial and social status, or vocation does not hamper...

Be kind to all the people you meet on your journey.

The heart of a Christian, who believes and feels, cannot pass the hardships and deprivations of the poor without helping them.

Kindness is the way you live your life every day.

Ayurveda teaches us to love “as is” – not as we think people “should be.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.

The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion . . . open your eyes wide and actually see this world by attending to its colors, details and irony.

Its not the falling down that counts but what you do next that counts the most. Don’t spend your time on your knees if you have fallen, instead get up and dust your knees clean...

Avoid the man without compassion, because he ain’t a man surely!

Mindfulness can play a big role in transforming our experience with pain & other difficulties; it allows us to recognize the authenticity of the distress & yet not be overwhelmed by it.

Meditation is a cyclical process that defies analysis, but demands acceptance.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it’s at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help...

Don’t question what you don’t understand unless you’re asking questions seeking to understand.

When you shall have learned to know, and to love, you will still suffer. The day is born in tears. The luminous weep, if only over those in darkness.

Compassion is born from the imagination. To have the desire to be compassionate, you have to imagine a world that’s better than the one you live in.

Fifteen years ago, a business manager from the United States came to Plum Village to visit me. His conscience was troubled because he was the head of a firm that designed atomic bombs. I listened...

As for biblical or religious theory, I don’t ever want to fight about the details of the story, I want to live the reality of the message.

I have seem even those who have long since abjured God die in grace. . . . Atheists don’t use their drying to bargain for a better seat at the table; indeed they may not...

When we can see our own self, angry and hurting others, within every villain, then we can love. When we can see our own desperate struggle for belonging in the eyes of every enemy, then...

Just because she isn’t human, do you think that means she doesn’t feel pain?

somebody” that will remove the obstacles they encountered out of the pathway for others.

Why are…poor people more ready to share their goods than rich people? The answer is easy: The poor have little to lose; the rich have more to lose and they are more attached to their...

Let the world feel your compassion: Help save kidnapped Yazidi females!

We are living in an era in which billions of people are grappling to promote communication, tolerance, and understanding over the more destructive forces of war, terrorism, and political chaos that have characterized the beginning...

If we could see things from a sufficient height above we should all realize that we are in fact proper objects of pity.

With the ferrule of his walking-stick Denis began to scratch the boar’s long bristly back. The animal moved a little so as to bring himself within easier range of the instrument that evoked in him...

Our heart is wide enough to embrace the world and hands are long enough to encompass the world.

Loving others is the greatest gift we can give ourselves. Altruism that rewards one’s self.

If you truly want LOVE to enter your Heart, you HAVE to give a DAMN about what’s going on around you!!

Compassion is not a virtue — it is a commitment. It’s not something we have or don’t have — it’s something we choose to practice.

On the one hand maybe I’ve remained infantile, while on the other I matured quickly, because at a young age I was very aware of suffering and fear.

If the Internal enemy of hatred is not tamed, when one tries to tame external enemies, they increase. Therefore, it is a practice of the wise to tame themselves by means of the forces of...