Naoki Higashida Quotes

True compassion is about not bruising the other person’s self-respect.

Naoki Higashida

Naoki Higashida

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If we don't change from a world society that worships money and power to one that worships compassion and generosity, I think we'll be extinct by mid-century. I don't say that as an alarmist or as a pessimist.

Patch Adams
- World
- Money
- Power
When we watch stories, we learn empathy, we learn compassion, and hopefully we achieve some sort of understanding.

Gavin Hood
Compassion is not a popular virtue.

Karen Armstrong
Positive social emotions like compassion and empathy are generally good for us, and we want to encourage them. But do we know how to most reliably raise children to care about the suffering of other people? I'm not sure we do.

Sam Harris
- People
- Good
- Children
My parents' selfless affection and dedication nourished and prepared me to receive the love of my guru or spiritual father, Swami Prabhupada. My parents prepared the soil in which my guru sowed the seeds of his compassion.

Radhanath Swami
Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place.

Karen Armstrong
- Life
- True
- Religious