The human capacity for compassion is not a reflex that is triggered automatically by the presence of another living thing.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Compassion is loving others enough to say or do what is appropriate from an empowered heart without attachment to the outcome.
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.
Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural.
Compassion may be defined as the capacity to be attentive to the experience of others, to wish the best for others, and to sense what will truly serve others.
A compassionate mind is very difficult to cultivate because compassion demands a sense of equality between all living beings.
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.
Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth.
True compassion means not only feeling another's pain but also being moved to help relieve it.
Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.
Compassion is contempt with a human face.