#compassion

We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#compassion #mediation #change

That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#compassion #generosity #compassion

Give, but give until it hurts. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#compassion #giving #helping-others #compassion

Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you. ↗

— Kahlil Gibran

#meaning #meaninglessness #compassion

Tolstoy said, 'The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed either by a change of life or by a change of conscience.' Many of us have elected to adjust our consciences rather than our lives. Our powers of rationalization are unlimited. They allow us to live in luxury and indifference while others, whom we could help if we chose to, starve and go to hell. ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#change #compassion #conscience #conviction #guilt

While there is Ego, you will never be one with the universe... Or love your fellow man. ↗

— Solange nicole

#humanity #life-lessons #love #universe #love

Don't always use PAIN that you receive as an excuse to GIVE PAIN... ↗

— Tsem Tulku Rinpoche

#dharma #don-t-hate #excuses #kindness #love

No tear, is a wasted tear, if it spills out for love, whether in good times or bad. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#cry #love #tears #love

Lei aveva scoperto a poco a poco l'incertezza dei passi del marito, i turbamenti d'umore, le crepe della memoria, l'abitudine recenti di singhiozzare nel sonno, ma non li aveva considerati segni inequivocabili della ruggine finale, bensì un ritorno felice all'infanzia. Per questo non lo trattava come un vecchio difficile ma come un bambino senile, e quell'inganno era stato provvidenziale per entrambi avendoli messi in salvo dalla compassione. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#senilità #love

Really good writing has purpose and that purpose should be to shape other minds to desire truth and a more noble purpose in life and to become more thoughtful and knowledgable about important things like being kind and loving towards all living beings on our planet and not just humans but all animals. ↗

— Susan Waterfield

#existence #meaning #purpose #seeking-truth #writing