#compassion

Forgiving is easier when we understand that forgiving someone else means that we are freeing ourselves of an unnecessary burden. ↗

— Donna Goddard

#compassionate-love #forgiveness #love #forgiveness

Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path. ↗

— Tara Brach

#compassion #self-compassion #spiritual #freedom

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#compassion #considers #crumbs #full #himself

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

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If you had a table spread for a feast, and was making merry with your friends, you would think it was kind to let me come and sit down and rejoice with you, because you’d think I should like to share those good things; but I should like better to share in your trouble and your labour. ↗

— George Eliot

#empathy #friendship #grief #friendship

For animals that are overworked, underfed, and cruelly treated; for all wistful creatures in captivity that beat their wings against bars; for any that are hunted or lost or deserted or frightened or hungry; for all that must be put to death...and for those who deal with them we ask a heart of compassion and gentle hands and kindly words. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#animals #compassion #death

Compassion is the key to the ultimate survival of our species. ↗

— Doug Dillon

#humanity #inspiration #survival #inspirational

You and I cannot possibly know the hidden pain eating holes in individual lives, so if we want to be saviors, in partnership with the Lord, we will be kind to everyone, everywhere, all of the time. ↗

— Virginia H. Pearce

#kindness-compassion #inspirational

The essence of the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) is about identifying the cause of our suffering & alleviating it. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#compassion #inspirational #inspirational

The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#compassion #inspiration #inspirational