Quotes about Compassion

Anger instead of love, is our wall. Any situation that pushes our buttons is a situation where we don't yet have the capacity to be unconditionally loving.

Archaeological evidence now argues for the existence of a twenty-thousand-year period of history when men and women lived as equals, with neither sex dominating the other. The earth flourished. The so-called feminine qualities of compassion, nurturing, and nonviolence were shared by men and women alike and were the most vital elements of social structure. Women were revered as priestesses and healers.

I resist all temptation today to judge how I think others should behave. I cannot know the deeper forces at work within anyone's heart. My deliverance comes from accepting all people, not judging or controlling them.

It is not the radicalism of hate that is our biggest danger today; our biggest danger is that we lack the radicalism of love.

May I have the strength to forgive those who've betrayed me.

When we do not recognize our cosmic function, our own hearts break, and does the heart of the world.

To ignore the state of our children is to ignore the state of our world.

We're all here to be available channels for the love that heals all things. A job takes a form, but our ministry is content. Even

That is why a new American revolution is a revolution of consciousness, and a new American politics is a politics of love.

May my mind not wander into dark terrain today, but may I remain within the field of light. May I not be tempted to attack my brother, or attack myself. May I cleave instead to love.

The only thing lacking in any situation is our own awareness of love.

Take stock of your thoughts and behavior. Each night ask yourself, when were you negative when you could have been positive? When did you withhold love when you might have given it? When did you play a neurotic game instead of behaving in a powerful way? Use this process to self-correct.