#compassion

The life of Jesus suggests that to be like Abba is to show compassion. Donald Gray expresses this: "Jesus reveals in an exceptionally human life what it is to live a divine life, a compassionate life. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#divinity #jesus #spiritual-life #life

This is my letter to the world That never wrote to me ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#people #social-anxiety #socialism

I like giving people something they don't want to miss the next time. It's a show with little twists and turns and curves. It has me being silly and stupid and compassionate and completely deep. ↗

— John Mayer

#being silly #compassionate #completely #curves #deep

My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#been #compassion #daughters #family #force

I'm extremely compassionate, loving, all of those warm fuzzy things, but the outer shell doesn't project that all the time. ↗

— Frank Ocean

#extremely #fuzzy #i #loving #outer

We need a government that is what we are at our best. Smart, efficient, pragmatic and compassionate. ↗

— Deval Patrick

#compassionate #efficient #government #need #our

She has no imagination and that means no compassion. ↗

— Michael Foot

#imagination #means #she

Of course we have compassion. We just don't believe the safety net should be used as a hammock. ↗

— Allen West

#compassion #course #hammock #just #net

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#compassion #fool #happiness #most #naturally

Condemnation feels good and it is now a staple of religion, politics, and the media (both left and right), but it changes nothing. Compassion, on the other hand, changes everything. (p. 121) ↗

— Robin R. Meyers

#condemnation #politics #change