On Compassion


From the Voice of the Silence

But stay, Disciple… Yet one word.  Canst thou destroy divine COMPASSION?  Compassion is no attribute.  It is the Law of LAWS – eternal Harmony, Alaya’s SELF; a shoreless universal essence, the light of everlasting Right, and the fitness of all things, the law of Love eternal.

The more thou dost become at one with it, thy being melted in its Being, the more thy Soul unites with that which IS, the more thou wilt become COMPASSION ABSOLUTE.

Now bend thy head and listen well, O Bodhisattva –Compassion speaks and saith: “Can there be bliss when all that lives must suffer? Shalt thou be saved and hear the whole world cry?”



  1. Dalai Lama

  2. Henry Ward Beecher

    Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
  3. Nelson Mandela

    A good head and a good heart is always a formidable combination.
  4. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

    What comes from the heart goes to the heart.
  5. Arthur Schopenhauer

    Compassion is the basis of all morality.
  6. Ralph Waldo Emerson

  7. Thich Nhat Hanh

    We often think of peace as the absence of war; that if the powerful countries would reduce their arsenals, we could have peace. But if we look deeply into the weapons, we see our own minds - our prejudices, fears, and ignorance. Even if we transported all the bombs to the moon, the roots of war and the reasons for bombs would still be here, in our hearts and minds, and sooner or later we would make new bombs. Seek to become more aware of what causes anger and separation, and what overcomes them. Root out the violence in your life, and learn to live compassionately and mindfully.
  8. Dalai Lama

  9. George Washington Carver

  10. Ursula Le Guin

    It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.

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