On Compassion
1. "Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self." - Russell Simmons
2. "Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves." - Mason Cooley
3. "Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others." - Pema Chödrön
4. "The dew of compassion is a tear." - Lord Byron
5. "Compassion is the basis of morality." - Arthur Schopenhauer
6. "Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things." - Thomas Merton
7. "The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others." - Albert Schweitzer
8. "Compassion is the radicalism of our time." - Dalai Lama
9. "Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless." - Eric Hoffer
10. "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." - Thomas Merton
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