#compass

The essence of the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) is about identifying the cause of our suffering & alleviating it. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#compassion #inspirational #inspirational

The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#compassion #inspiration #inspirational

Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors. ↗

— Andrew Boyd

#destiny #empathy #pain #universe #love

I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing. ↗

— Albert Camus

#compassion #life #religion #life

Nothing living should ever be treated with contempt. Whatever it is that lives, a man, a tree, or a bird, should be touched gently, because the time is short. Civilization is another word for respect for life... ↗

— Elizabeth Goudge

#civilization #compassion #contempt #man #time

How good life is when one does something good and just! ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#goodness #justice #kindness #life

...It also taught me that while cruelty can be fun for a few moments, compassion has a much longer shelf life. ↗

— Doreen Orion

#cruelty #empathy #teasing #life

I never lie," I said offhand. "At least not to those I don't love. ↗

— Anne Rice

#deciet #hate #interview-with-the-vampire #lestat #lie

A dog has the soul of a philosopher. ↗