“Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural.” - John Berger #Compassion 🤗🤗🤗
“Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.” - Karen Armstrong #Compassion 🤗🤗🤗
“Compassion may be defined as the capacity to be attentive to the experience of others, to wish the best for others, and to sense what will truly serve others.” - Joan Halifax #Compassion 🤗🤗🤗
“The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.” - Thomas Merton #Compassion 🤗🤗🤗
“Our task must be to free ourselves… by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and it’s beauty.” - Albert Einstein #Compassion 🤗🤗🤗
“We need the compassion and the courage to change the conditions that support our suffering. Those conditions are things like ignorance, bitterness, negligence, clinging, and holding on.” - Sharon Salzberg #Compassion 🤗🤗🤗
“Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more powerful searchlight than cold reason.” - Betty Williams #Compassion 🤗🤗🤗
“This idea of compassion comes to us because we’re made in the image of God, who is ultimately the compassionate one.” - Jackie Tabick #Compassion 🤗🤗🤗
“God’s dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion.” - Desmond Tutu #Compassion 🤗🤗🤗
“Let our hearts be stretched out in compassion toward others, for everyone is walking his or her own difficult path.” - Dieter F. Uchtdorf #Compassion 🤗🤗🤗
“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.” - Pema Chödrön #Compassion 🤗🤗🤗