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Not to hurt our humble brethren in fur, feather or fin, is our first duty to them, but to stop read more
Not to hurt our humble brethren in fur, feather or fin, is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission: to be of service to them whenever they require it.
Compassion is the basis of all morality
Compassion is the basis of all morality
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with read more
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.
It is lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then read more
It is lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then there is no obstacle to opening our hearts and minds to others.
Compassion is no substitute for justice.
Compassion is no substitute for justice.
The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater read more
The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater burden can be borne by an individual than to know no one cares or understands.
The dew of compassion is a tear.
The dew of compassion is a tear.
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which read more
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.
Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is read more
Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.
