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is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers. If one feels that there is nothing 'we' can do, then one starts to get bored, cynical, apathetic.

Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers. The question of what to do with the feelings that have been aroused, the knowledge that has been communicated. If one feels that there is nothing 'we' can do -but who is that 'we'' -and nothing 'they' can do either -and who are 'they' -then one starts to get bored, cynical, apathetic.' Susan Sontag, Regarding the Pain of Others

is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another. Thomas Merton

Compassion is contempt with a human face. John McCarthy

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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.

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.

is not just acting as the good samaritan to lift as many people out of the ditch as you can... it is to recognize that maybe the whole road to jericho needs to be repaved.

True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that a system that produces beggars needs to be repaved. We are called to be the Good Samaritan, but after you lift so many people out of the ditch you start to ask, maybe the whole road to Jericho needs to be repaved.

is not part of the natural order of the world nor is it based on necessity. It opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural.

Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural. John Berger

is not weakness, just as concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.

Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism. Hubert H. Humphrey

is one's nature and is not to be fought for... it is not against anger or passion. When passion or anger disappear, compassion simply is.

Compassion is not against anger. When anger disappears, compassion is. Compassion is not to be fought for... it is not against passion. When passion disappears, compassion is. Compassion is your nature. Rajneesh

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