Compassion - A Wonderful Human Quality

The English word "compassion" is derived from the Latin language term "compati" that means "to suffer with." [From "com" meaning "together" and "pati" meaning "to suffer".

Therefore, when you have compassion for another person, you suffer with that person; that is, you show pity for him/her and share his/her sorrow.

In French language, the word "compassion" denotes "a fellowship in feeling."

Every family is a place that presents many an opportunity to both demonstrate and experience this wonderful human value called compassion.

"Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things, which are all part of one another and all involved in one another." - Thomas Merton

"It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers. The more solitary I am the more affection I have for them. Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say."
- Thomas Merton

"Compassion is the basis of morality." - Arnold Schopenhauer

"Compassion is the ultimate and most meaningful embodiment of emotional maturity. It is through compassion that a person achieves the highest peak and deepest reach in his or her search for self-fulfillment." - Arthur Jersild

"Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth." - Benjamin Disraeli

"Compassion is not sentiment but is making justice and doing works of mercy. Compassion is not a moral commandment but a flow and overflow of the fullest human and divine energies." - Matthew Fox

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." - The Dalai Lama

"I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it." - Thomas Aquinas

"Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation." - Henry Ward Beecher

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