Compassionate Quotes
Modern education is premised strongly on materialistic values. It is vital that when educating our children's brains that we do not neglect to educate their hearts, a key element of which has to be the nurturing of our compassionate nature.
The practice of patience guards us against losing our presence of mind. It enables us to remain undisturbed, even when the situation is really difficult. It gives us a certain amount of inner peace, which allows us some self-control, so that we can choose to respond to situations in an appropriate and compassionate manner, rather than being driven by our disturbing emotions.
A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you.
Change starts with us as individuals. If one individual becomes more compassionate it will influence others and so we will change the world.
I love the idea of the teachings of Jesus Christ and the beautiful stories about it, which I loved in Sunday school and I collected all the little stickers and put them in my book. But the reality is that organised religion doesn't seem to work. It turns people into hateful lemmings and it's not really compassionate.
I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems.
There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.
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