Compassion quotations

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◆ While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.

- Chinua Achebe99

◆ The lotus is the most beautiful flower, whose petals open one by one. But it will only grow in the mud. In order to grow and gain wisdom, first you must have the mud --- the obstacles of life and its suffering. ... The mud speaks of the common ground that humans share, no matter what our stations in life. ... Whether we have it all or we have nothing, we are all faced with the same obstacles: sadness, loss, illness, dying and death. If we are to strive as human beings to gain more wisdom, more kindness and more compassion, we must have the intention to grow as a lotus and open each petal one by one.

- Goldie Hawn99

◆ When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.

- Maya Angelou99

◆ And when I came in with tears in my eyes, you always knew whether I needed you to hold me or just let me be. I don't know how you knew, but you did, and you made it easier for me.

- Nicholas Sparks99

◆ Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.

- Albert Schweitzer99

◆ We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer99

◆ I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.

- Mother Teresa99

◆ 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 own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection - or compassionate action.

- Daniel Goleman99

◆ A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.

- Steve Maraboli99

◆ 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 Einstein99

◆ I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.

- Albert Camus99

◆ Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.

- R.J. Palacio99

◆ No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

- Aesop99

◆ A beautiful woman uses her lips for truth, her voice for kindness, her ears for compassion, her hands for charity and her heart for love. For those who don't like her, she uses Prayer.

- 99

◆ When your fear touches someones pain, it becomes pity, when your love touches someones pain, it becomes compassion.

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