#compass

A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#einstein #nature #philosophy #beauty

His lips soften into a smile that cracks apart my spine. He repeats my name like the word amuses him. Entertains him. Delights him. In seventeen years no one has said my name like that ↗

— Tahereh Mafi

#compassion #heartwarming #love #pg- #beauty

All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart. ↗

— Tahereh Mafi

#empathy #loneliness #love #love

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#become #compassion #judgment #mother #slowly

The war in Iraq has as much to do with terrorism as the administration has to do with compassion. ↗

— Julian Bond

#compassion #iraq #much #terrorism #war

The dew of compassion is a tear. ↗

— Lord Byron

#dew #tear

What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#compass #ever #found #happiness #immediately

Jurors want courtroom lawyers to have some compassion and be nice. ↗

— Johnnie Cochran

#compassion #courtroom #jurors #lawyers #nice

I met the president when he was president-elect at a meeting in Austin. He spoke of his faith. He spoke of his desire for a compassionate conservatism, for a faith-based initiative that would do something for poor people. ↗

— Jim Wallis

#compassionate #conservatism #desire #faith #faith-based

Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart. ↗

— Joseph Cook

#compass #conscience #magnetic #our #reason