Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Greetings fellow quote lovers:

Today's theme is "compassion". As I get older, it appears that our world is declining in this essential human emotion. I hope you save some of these to remind you that we all need to be mindful (full of mind) and open to compassion.

Best,
JA

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*---- Quotes For The Week ----*
Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding.
--Louis Gerstner

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.
--Eric Hoffer

Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.
--Chogyam Trungpa


**--- MYSTERY QUOTE ---**
Compassion is the basis of morality.

See at the bottom for the answer

*---- More Quotes for the Week ----*
One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to.
--ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN

A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
--ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

The act of compassion begins with full attention, just as rapport does. You have to really see the person. If you see the person, then naturally, empathy arises. If you tune into the other person, you feel with them. If empathy arises, and if that person is in dire need, then empathic concern can come. You want to help them, and then that begins a compassionate act. So I'd say that compassion begins with attention.
--DANIEL GOLEMAN

Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
--Willian Cowper


MYSTERY QUOTE AND ANSWER - DID YOU GUESS CORRECTLY?

Compassion is the basis of morality.

ANSWER: ARNOLD SCHOPENHAUER

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