"All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots, and a compassion for them, on account of personal experience and heredity."
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"Whatever God does, the first outburst is always compassion."
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"We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane."
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"The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being"
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"We are all, by nature, clearly oriented toward the basic human values of love and compassion. We all prefer the love of others to their hatred. We all prefer others’ generosity to meanness. And who is there among us who does not prefer tolerance, respect and forgiveness of our failings to bigotry, disrespect, and resentment?"
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"The realization that we are all basically the same human beings who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering is very helpful in developing a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood; a warm feeling of love and compassion for others."
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"Compassion is a mental quality that can bring us true lasting inner peace and inner strength."
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"Even as Ramadan holds profound meaning for the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims, it is also a reminder to people of all faiths of our common humanity and the commitment to justice, equality, and compassion shared by all great faiths. In that spirit, I wish Muslims across America and around the world a blessed month, and I look forward to again hosting an iftar dinner here at the White House. Ramadan Kareem."
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"In your heart must well that sympathy which soothes away all pains from the hearts of others."
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"You can have compassion for someone who is suffering and try to help this person but if your relationship with mankind is only one of compassion, it is only another form of contempt and it prevents feelings like admiration, empathy which to my mind are much more positive."
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"When your sense of self is no longer tied to thought, is no longer conceptual, there is a depth of feeling, of sensing, of compassion, of loving, that was not there when you were trapped in mental concepts. You are that depth."
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"Allow whatever this moment contains. No matter what event or happening or situation, say 'yes' to it. Allow it to be."
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"I think my government are fascists. I feel that if we don't change from a society that worships money and power over to one that worships compassion and generosity, there is no hope for human survival this century."
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"May love fill your heart, compassion guide your mind, faith rule your soul."
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"We give it up and just look directly with compassion and humor at who we are. Then loneliness is no threat and heartache, no punishment."
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"Compassion starts with making friends with ourselves."
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"The root of compassion, is compassion for oneself."
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"What Lily craved was the darkness made by enfolding arms, the silence which is not solitude, but compassion holding its breath."
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"Life is too short to carry the burden of a heavy heart. It does not serve you or anyone else. Free yourself through the power of forgiveness and compassion."
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"My definition of success is: 1.) The progressive realization of worthy goals 2.) The ability to love and have compassion 3.) To be in touch with the creative source within."
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