Mary J. Blige

This music business can suck all the love out of you, all the compassion for people - you can start to think you're better than them. But I want to continue to let people know that I'm no better and no worse, I'm just like you.

American Musician

Nelson Mandela

Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.

South African Statesman

Maya Angelou

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

American Poet

Erma Bombeck

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

American Journalist

Thich Nhat Hanh

Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion - towards ourselves and towards all living beings.

Vietnamese Clergyman

Eminem

Now that I understand that I'm an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.

American Rapper

Confucius

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

Chinese Philosopher

Dalai Lama

I think technology really increased human ability. But technology cannot produce compassion.

Tibetan Leader

Albert Schweitzer

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

German Theologian

Samuel Johnson

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

English Writer

Compassion involves a deeper emotional connection than simple sympathy.

Emotional Depth

Compassion often leads to a desire to help or improve someone's situation.

Action Driven

Compassion is empathetic and respectful, unlike pity which can suggest superiority.

Not Pity

 So can narcissists improve on those negative traits? Yes! Anything that promotes honest reflection on their own behavior and caring for others, like psychotherapy or practicing compassion towards others, can be helpful. The difficulty is it can be challenging for people with narcissistic personality disorder to keep working at self-betterment.

The psychology of...

 towards him well clearly he's distraught maybe he got fired or a deal fell through but I bet it was a lot harder to feel compassionate towards him don't you find it strange that you can actually easily feel compassion towards one person and not the other or have you ever been in really difficult situations

DIY - The Compassion...

 a state of compassion, insight, peace, and steadfastness. From the time he got up from under that tree to the moment of his death as an old man, the Buddha taught people how to become right speech, right goals, a mind focused on what is real, and a heart focused on loving others.

The five major world...

 sadly, tends to be an accident of birth. Now, you're probably surprised by this perspective, and so was I. Never in a billion years did I think that I could have some kind of compassion for people who hated my guts. Now, mind you, not enough compassion like I want to be friends.

A Black man goes...

 One, they became extremists because they wanted to belong, not because of ideology or dogma. And second, what brought them out was receiving compassion from the people they least deserved it from,

My descent into...

 mean this is a land where compassion for animals is considered a major value I mean it's a very basic value it's a religious code as well it's a religious code as well and yet because of the

Sacred Cows Rescued From...

 had been moved earlier. And not just to tears, but to actually stop the genocide. Now by contrast, I've also been involved with one of the world's greatest successes of compassion.

Gary Haugen: The hidden...

 work quite as much those are the days when it takes a lot more vulnerability to show a student compassion but those are also the days when they need us the most

Let’s put compassion...

 But if we are able to break the circles, then the same anger could turn into a great power. We can break the circles by using our inherent compassion

Kailash Satyarthi: How...

 and relate with generosity and open-mindedness and kindness and compassion and not hate. And that's it. That's it.