#compass

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

— Albert Schweitzer

#ethics #peace #vegetarianism #ethics

surround yourself with people who allow you to be yourself, it does not mean be around others who do not have a sense of right or wrong, who lack respect, love and compassion for others. ↗

— Tasha Hoggatt

#life #love #respect #love

Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals. (attr to J. Isham) ↗

— Sura Hart

#connection #listen #listening #attitude

Compassion is the chief law of human existence. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#humanity #law

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#compassion #greatest #i #just #patience

I have an excellent internal compass. ↗

— Hugh Bonneville

#excellent #i #internal

More by example than by word, my father taught me logical reasoning, compassion, love of others, honesty, and discipline applied with understanding. ↗

— Paul D. Boyer

#compassion #discipline #example #father #honesty

When I tried this morning, after an hour or so of unhappy thinking, to dip back into my meditation, I took a new idea with me: compassion. I asked my heart if it could please infuse my soul with a more generous perspective on my mind's workings. Instead of thinking that I was a failure, could I perhaps accept that I am only a human being--and a normal one, at that? ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#love

If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they'll generally stay out of trouble. ↗

— Steve Chabot

#common sense #compass #generally #guiding #i

I probably felt more resentment for what I personally was to suffer than for the wrong they were doing to anyone and everyone. But at that time I was determined not to put up with badly behaved people more out of my own interest than because I wanted them to become good people. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#education #leadership #servanthood #teaching #education