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I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion. -- Mo Yan
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It's hard to tell what's true compassion, when it's dressed up in hair and nails and fashion. -- Edwin McCain
We can choose between the future and the past, between reason and ignorance, between true compassion and mere ideology. -- Ron Reagan
Simply let experience take place very freely, so that your open heart is suffused with the tenderness of true compassion. -- Tsoknyi Rinpoche
True compassion is undirected & holds no conceptual focus. That kind of genuine, true compassion is only possible after realizing emptiness. -- Tsoknyi Rinpoche
If we develop a good heart we will progress to true compassion, and awaken Bodhicitta. This is the way of the Buddha's method. -- Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
In Buddhism, compassion always goes with wisdom. Compassion without wisdom is not understood to be true compassion, and wisdom without compassion is not true wisdom. -- Masao Abe
That's the only way we're going to get through these programs. That is true compassion. Having people become dependent on others is not compassion at all. -- Benjamin Carson
The sickness of a family member, friend or neighbor is a call to Christians to demonstrate true compassion, that gentle and persevering sharing in another's pain. -- Pope John Paul II
If we only practice compassion on the mind level, we run a great risk of our compassion being just talk. As we know, talk is cheap. To develop true compassion we have to put our money where our mouth is. -- Gelek Rimpoche
...we must remain hopeful that for our children and our children's children, that we are not a warring nation, but we will embrace and practice true compassion and honor the ideals of peace and freedom, and we will not give up. -- Jessica Lange
The Greek people have gone through some very difficult times and there's still a hard road ahead, but despite those hardships, Greece has continued to be a reliable ally, has shown true compassion to fellow human beings in need. It's an example of the Greek character. -- Barack Obama
True compassion means not only feeling another's pain but also being moved to help relieve it. -- Daniel Goleman
Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha. -- Nhat Hanh
The essence of Hinduism is the same essence of all true religions: Bhakti or pure love for God and genuine compassion for all beings. -- Radhanath Swami
Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true. -- Leonard Cohen
Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place. -- Karen Armstrong
In compassion lies the world's true strength. -- Gautama Buddha
True patience is grounded in wisdom & compassion. -- Allan Lokos
Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility. -- Simone Weil
True patience is grounded in wisdom and compassion. -- Allan Lokos
Compassion is the currency that leads to true wealth. -- Jim Carrey
True compassion is about not bruising the other person's self-respect. -- Naoki Higashida
Compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity. -- Anais Nin
True compassion comes from free will by drawing empathy from within. -- Shane Barbi
True compassion arises out of the plane of consciousness where I AM you. -- Ram Dass
True compassion sees each person as a brother or sister and acts accordingly. -- Dillon Burroughs
True compassion is universal in scope. It is accompanied by a feeling of responsibility. -- Dalai Lama
In seperateness lies the world's great misery, in compassion lies the world's true strength -- Buddha
Developing compassion and wisdom and helping those in need is the true meaning of life. -- Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
True compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason. -- Dalai Lama
True compassion is not about giving or taking. True compassion is doing just what is needed. -- Jaggi Vasudev
Compassion is a mental quality that can bring us true lasting inner peace and inner strength. -- Dalai Lama
Humility, reverence, compassion, forbearance, sacrifice and self-control are the qualities that reveal the outcome of the true education. -- Sai Baba
A true mother is known for her compassion, love and passion; she is everly dedicated to her calling. -- Agu Jaachynma N.E.
The same was true of the most popular girls. They had no empathy, no compassion for more normal kids. -- Brimstone
True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation. -- Joseph Addison
I think it's really healing to see movies that are based on true stories. It builds so much more compassion and empathy. -- Vanessa Hudgens
Love and Compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion. -- Dalai Lama
Love is not without its flaws. The stronger the love, the more it tests you. Compassion and empathy will make true love persist. -- Khalil Gibran
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The real essentials of life - compassion, kindness, good will, forgiveness - are what is fundamental to living as a true human being. -- Eknath Easwaran
We are all given a gift of existence and of being sentient beings, and I think true happiness lies in love and compassion. -- Adam Pascal
True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings. -- Pema Chodron
True love wasn't found in good hair or the right clothes, make-up or shoes. True love was found in the soul - as was wisdom and compassion -- P. C. Cast
Wisdom is a true activity of compassion. And so, meditation is the act of loving kindness. It is the activity where loving kindness is applied on all levels. -- Tony Samara
Let us subdue the ravages of the baser-self, and aspire to the higher calling of exalting joy through compassion, for that is the one true purpose of humanity. -- Bryant H. McGill
The lower a human being descends, the more asleep and inhumane he becomes. Those beings that lack Compassion, Love, and Peace are the true targets of the ego system... -- Jacqueline Ripstein
True compassion does not sit on the laps of renovation; it dives with an approach to reconstruction. Don't throw a coin at a begger. Rather, destroy his source of poverty. -- Israelmore Ayivor
True compassion is more than throwing a coin to a beggar. It demands of our humanity that if we live in a society that produces beggars, we are morally commanded to restructure that society. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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