compassion

When we accept ourselves as we are, we aren't "settling" or "keeping the problem in place." We're showing love and compassion for ourselves-for our feelings, our situation, and our history.

consistent affection for his characters is what sets Tolstoy apart. Flaubert is equally __bjective,_ he says, but __laubert__ objectivity is charged with irritability and Tolstoy__ with affection. For Flaubert everyone and everything is somehow at fault. For Tolstoy everyone and everything has a saving grace.___y loving people without cause, he discovered indubitable causes for loving them._ It would be hard to find a more succinct description of the chief work of the Holy Spirit in the human heart.

The more love you put off to the world in all aspects, the more it will return to you.

The nature of humanity, its essence, is to feel another's pain as one's own, and to act to take that pain away,. There is a nobility in compassion, a beauty in empathy, a grace in forgiveness.

...Daisy doesn't even go to his funeral, Nick and Jordan part ways, and Daisy ends up sticking with racist Tom... you can tell Fitzgerald never took the time to look up at clouds during sunset, because there's no silver lining at the end of that book, let me tell you. I do see why Nikki likes the novel, as it's written so well. But her liking it makes me worry now that Nikki really doesn't believe in silver linings, because she says The Great Gatsby is the greatest novel ever written by an American, and yet it ends so sadly. One thing's for sure, Nikki is going to be very proud of me when I tell her I finally read her favorite book. -Silver Linings Playbook, p. 9

Many people close themselves off from the world when they are under pressure. That is understandable. I have gone through periods when I didn__ want to meet people because I didn__ feel good about my situation in life and that made my life even more stressful. Remind yourself often about how much of an impact compassion and friendship can have on your life. You need to get out there, be compassionate and share your time and your life with your friends and other people that need your support. It__ worth it on every level.

Some people find God in love; I find God in suffering. I've known for some time what my life's work is, using my hands as tools to relieve suffering.

In a corner of her heart she imagined her compassion as kindling that could ignite not only her tender and guarded feelings for her mother, but also jump across the void and ignite her mother__ feelings for her.

Beauty is wasted on the self-absorbed.

What if today you gave yourself permission to be outrageously kind? What if you extended as much good will and kindness as you can possibly muster to every person you meet? And what if you did it with no thought of reward? I'm sure of one thing: it will be a day you will never regret.

How can I be so captured by my own imagination that I can truly connect both to the person I'm playing and to the person I'm playing wi

Humility, kindness, integrity, and compassion are the fragrances that I wear, and I strongly recommend that you try them.

I remember a time in a class on a cold winter morning a Japanese girl came with a surgical mask & I thought __ow people would go to extremes NOT to get sick in Japan_ afterwards on a break I approached her & asked in a cynical manner: why the mask? Are you afraid of catching a cold? & then she said __n Japan you use it when YOU are under the weather & you don__ want other people to get sick, it is the polite thing to do_ wow! that's a lesson I will never forget

As compassionate beings, we cannot harm others, not even through our inaction.

Few of us would regret the years it takes to complete an education or master a crucial skill. So why complain about the perseverance needed to become a well-balanaced and truly compassionate human being?

It was happening. At least in that little section of the salon, women were connecting and doing what women knew how to do, show compassion, nurturing__elping someone fit in.

I believe that the more time we spend choosing to run the deep inner-peace circuitry of our right hemispheres, the more peace we will project into the world, and the more peaceful our planet will be.

We each have the power to give. It__ the most gratifying feeling ever. By reaching out to help another human being you're sending ripples of positive change.