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• Each of us in our own way can try to spread compassion into people's hearts. Western civilizations these days place great importance on filling the human brain with knowledge, but no one seems to care about filling the human heart with compassion. This is what the real role of religion is.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Real, Heart

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• The act of compassion begins with full attention, just as rapport does. You have to really see the person. If you see the person, then naturally, empathy arises. If you tune into the other person, you feel with them. If empathy arises, and if that person is in dire need, then empathic concern can come. You want to help them, and then that begins a compassionate act. So I'd say that compassion begins with attention.

  Daniel Goleman

  Empathy, Needs, Attention

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• If you are motivated by loving kindness and compassion, there are many ways to bring happiness to others right now, starting with kind speech.

  Nhat Hanh

  Kindness, Speech, Way

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “For a Future to Be Possible: Easyread Edition”, p.39, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness.

  Anthony de Mello

  Race, Silence, Progress

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• One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls.

  Jack Kerouac

  Wisdom, Peace, Kindness

  Jack Kerouac (1986). “The Dharma Bums”, p.134, Penguin

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• The more compassionate you are, the more generous you can be. The more generous you are, the move loving friendliness you cultivate to help the world.

  Nhat Hanh

  Moving, World, Helping

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• Compassion automatically brings happiness and calmness. Then, even if you receive disturbing news, it will be easier to take, as your mind is still.

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Mind, News

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• It ill becomes us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings of God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will not practice elementary compassion toward our fellow creatures.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Prayer, Animal, Blessing

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• Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Buddhist, Kindness

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.69, Penguin Books India

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• A good motivation is what is needed: compassion without dogmatism, without complicated philosophy; just understanding that others are human brothers and sisters and respecting their human rights and dignities. That we humans can help each other is one of our unique human capacities.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Brother, Motivation

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (2013). “Kindness, Clarity, and Insight”, p.21, Shambhala Publications

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• Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

  Alexander Pope

  Life, Motivational, Positive

  'Imitations of Horace' Epilogue to the Satires (1738) Dialogue 1, l. 135

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• Compassion is the ability to see what needs doing right now and the willingness to do it right now.

  Brad Warner

  Needs, Ability, Right Now

  Brad Warner (2015). “Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality”, p.67, Simon and Schuster

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• It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.

  Haile Selassie

  Animal, Pet, Wicked

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• Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.

  George Washington

  Inspirational, 4th Of July, Heart

  George Washington, Thomas J. Fleming (1967). “Affectionately Yours, George Washington: A Self-portrait in Letters of Friendship”, New York : Norton

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• Some people say that compassion is the purest form of love because it neither expects nor demands anything in return.

  Terry Hayes

  Love Is, People, Demand

  Terry Hayes (2014). “I Am Pilgrim: A Thriller”, p.291, Simon and Schuster

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• Suppose you read about a pill that you could take once a day to reduce anxiety and increase your contentment. Would you take it? Suppose further that the pill has a great variety of side effects, all of them good: increased self-esteem, empathy, and trust; it even improves memory. Suppose, finally, that the pill is all natural and costs nothing. Now would you take it? The pill exists. It is meditation.

  Jonathan Haidt

  Success, Trust, Sympathy

  Jonathan Haidt (2006). “The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom”, p.35, Basic Books

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• Compassion is the radicalism of our time.

  Dalai Lama

  Life, Spiritual, Inspiration

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  Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Inspirational, Im Sorry, Being Yourself

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• Live, and be happy, and make others so.

  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2005). “Frankenstein”, p.72, Prestwick House Inc

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• Frequently people think compassion and love are merely sentimental. No! They are very demanding. If you are going to be compassionate, be prepared for action.

  Desmond Tutu

  Thinking, People, And Love

  "Desmond Tutu on Compassion". Interview with Marc Ian Barasch, www.psychologytoday.com. March 1, 2005.

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• We only have what we give.

  Isabel Allende

  Helping Others, Giving, Charity

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• The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.

  Norman Cousins

  Kindness, Work, Mean

  Norman Cousins (1991). “The Celebration of Life: A Dialogue on Hope, Spirit, and the Immortality of the Soul”, Bantam

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• I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.

  Maya Angelou

  Positive, Sweet, Believe

  Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Elliot (1989). “Conversations with Maya Angelou”

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• I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.

  Anne Frank

  Kindness, Heart, Motherhood

  Anne Frank (1989). “The diary of a young girl”, Pocket

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• Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.

  Eric Hoffer

  Evil, Literature, Traffic

  Eric Hoffer (1955). “The passionate state of mind, and other aphorisms”

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