Let compassion be your guide
Definitions of 'compassion'
Compassion is a virtue — one in which the emotional capacities of empathy and sympathy (for the suffering of others) are regarded as a part of love itself, and a cornerstone of greater social interconnection and humanism — foundational to the highest principles in philosophy, society, and personhood. There is an aspect of compassion which regards a quantitative dimension, such that individual's compassion is often given a property of "depth," "vigour," or "passion." More vigorous than empathy, the feeling commonly gives rise to an active desire to alleviate another's suffering. It is often, though not inevitably, the key component in what manifests in the social context as altruism. In ethical terms, the various expressions down the ages of the so-called Golden Rule embody by implication the principle of compassion: Do to others what you would have them do to you.
Compassion is the deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it.
Compassion is a feeling of distress and pity for the suffering or misfortune of another, often including the desire to alleviate it.
Famous thoughts
Compassion,
in which all ethics must take root,
can only attain its full breadth and depth
if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind
~ Albert Schweitzer ~
in which all ethics must take root,
can only attain its full breadth and depth
if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind
~ Albert Schweitzer ~
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion
to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation,
and a foundation for inner security.
~ Albert Einstein ~
to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation,
and a foundation for inner security.
~ Albert Einstein ~
"Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character
and it may be confidently asserted that he, who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man."
~ Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher ~
and it may be confidently asserted that he, who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man."
~ Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher ~