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“It is an incapacitating emotion one feels upon hearing the whispered words "I still love you" after deeply hurting that soul. Forgiveness isn't weakness.It is power.”
“The world is best viewed through the lens of your heart.”
“To be a rainbow in someones cloud is commendable, but I prefer to be the rain because it dampens cheeks and washes away tears.”
“Hearing has consequences. When I truly hear a person and the meanings that are important to him at that moment, hearing not simply his words, but him, and when I let him know that I have heard his ...”
“Empathize with others. You may easily get into a situation where you need the understanding of others.”
“Take over the school, take over the town, take over the worlds. It will be a world of compassion, of neighbor loving neighbor, of student loving student or at least treating one another with respec...”
“In social life we hardly stop to consider how much of that daring spirit which gives mastery comes from hardness of heart rather than from high purpose, or true courage. The man who succumbs to his...”
“Compassion is a sign of inner peace. Kindness is a sign of inner strength. Be kind and be compassionate.”
“Your suffering is here to help you unfold and to awaken into compassion, love and strength.”
“Compassion crowns the soul with its truest victory.”
“Compassion is the key to the ultimate survival of our species.”
“You cannot fight hate and violence with more hate and violence, any more than you can conquer darkness with more darkness. Adding darkness only increases blackness. To subtract shadow, add light.”
“When hearts speak, they touch each other and transform the deepest sorrow.”
“Anguish is the universal language”
“The depth of our compassion is proportional to the depth of our living. (65)”
“It is highly significant and indeed almost a rule, that moral courage has its source in such identification through one's own sensitivity with suffering of one's fellow human beings." (p. 16-17)”
“The real test of love is loving those who we feel are the hardest ones to love.”
“You honor yourself by acting with dignity and composure.”
“We yearn for there to be meaning to our lives, balanced with a sense of inner peace & joy.”
“If everyone only gave a fraction of the compassion their hearts are capable of giving... how much suffering could we alleviate in this world?”
