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“Society reaps what it sows in the way it nurtures its children, because stress sculpts the brain to exhibit several antisocial behaviors. Stress can set off a ripple of hormonal changes that perman...”
“Is it a small thing to quench the flames of hell with the holy tears of pity -- to unbind the martyr from the stake -- break all the chains -- put out the fires of civil war -- stay the sword of th...”
“Dear God, give bread to those who are hungry and a hunger and thirst for justice to those who have plenty. Amen.”
“A person can put up any kind of protective wall, but love and truth always find a way around it.”
“If you have nothing but compassion, you are still very wealthy; if you have everything but compassion, you are still very poor!”
“If compassion and mercy are not compatible with politics," Ford said, "then something is the matter with politics.”
“A simple truth delivered in kindness may be the impetus that ignites a passionate fire in anothers soul and goes on to become the source of motivation for positive change.”
“Your pain is not prescribed by your creator, He is the healer thus not giver of misery.We are victims of others; lay the blame where it belongs.Mankind is responsible for its environment and cultur...”
“Love is the ultimate creator.”
“We can see Spirit made visible when people are kind to one another, especially when it's a really busy person, like you, taking care of a needy, annoying, neurotic person, like you.”
“The sick person becomes very adept at distinguishing between compassion and pity. Compassion is someone elses suffering flaring in your own nerves. Pity is a projection of, a lament for, the self. ...”
“He had the compassion of a vivisectionist.”
“What laid me low was no mystical vision, no message from God, but a blow of compassion. In a wakeful mind, no force is more terrible, or precious.”
“A person is loved for the risk he or she takes for someone else, be it a mother, a father, a child, a lover, or a friend. It takes courage to reach out and connect with another human being. It requ...”
“I believe the vital ingredient is lovea state of caring and compassion that is so deep and genuine that the barriers we erect around the self are transcended.”
“Etymologically, "compassion" means to suffer together. "Together," however, is different from "identically." Compassion is not the same as selflessness, and not really the opposite of selfishness. ...”
“The Gelaming regarded themselves as a force for good, and in many ways they were, but they were also inexorable and their compassion could often feel like oppression.”
“Does affirmative action place minority students in colleges where they're likely to fail while depriving other applicants of the chance to attend the most challenging schools where they are capable...”
“It is when we experience God most closely that our hearts burn most passionately to show his compassion to others.”
“But compassion isn't about solutions. It's about giving all the love that you've got.”
