Compassion has more to do with the attitude we bring to our encounters with other people than with any quantifiable metric of giving.
– Sharon Salzberg
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- By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home. – Sharon Salzberg
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- We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity. – Sharon Salzberg
- Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us. – Sharon Salzberg
- Money, fame and personal possessions should never be your metric for measuring your passion. – Mensah Oteh
- A metric ????ton of dumb so epically mind-destroyingly beyond a bad idea that there’s not a chance they would go there. – Andrea K Hst
- If God wanted us to use the metric system, He would have given us ten fingers and ten toes. – Judith Stone
- Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you’re doing. – Sharon Salzberg
- The skills available to us through mindfulness make it possible to bring love to our connections with others. – Sharon Salzberg
- When we bring deep awareness to whatever’s bothering us, the same things might be happening, but we are able to relate to them differently. – Sharon Salzberg
- When you GIVE under -œcompulsion- or -œGrudgingly- you are giving under the LAW of giving and NOT the GRACE given for giving. – John Paul Warren
- It is the encounters with people that make life worth living. – Guy de Maupassant
- Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us. – Sharon Salzberg
- Stop giving people the power to control your smile, your worth, your attitude and your day. Don’t give anyone that much power over your life. – Germany Kent
- The only keeper of your happiness is you. Stop giving people the power to control your smile, your worth and your attitude. – Mandy Hale
- Dozens of days, experiences, and encounters have set me on a path I never dreamed possible. – Carlos Wallace
- Yet, even amidst the hatred and carnage, life is still worth living. It is possible for wonderful encounters and beautiful things to exist. – Hayao Miyazaki
- Miracles happens everyday. You have to open your heart, mind and soul to see these miraculous encounters. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- Little Maiden Encounters FearDeepest regions walked she therelittle maiden sweet and fairventured far from the pathnever a whispernever a laugh… – Muse
- Women enjoy sex as much as men…if they were totally satisfied in sexual encounters, they would welcome them. – JF Kelly
- The loss of a child exploits the emotions of each individual it encounters. – Asa Don Brown
- The tough challenges we encounters, makes us stronger, and wiser. With each victory we gain something of value; our character is strengthened. – Ellen J Barrier
- Each of us encounters many diverse experiences that make us grow and transform, but we seek to return to our roots, which is quietude. – Kilroy J Oldster
- The inner encounters I have with animals-”and will be teaching you to have-” are exchanges of meaning. – Linda Bender
- Everyone encounters trials and tribulations, No choices, so face it! Live with it! Fight for it! – Aireen C Pontillo
- Moses challenged parents both to teach the faith diligently and to maximize normal encounters or ongoing discussion. – Matt Chandler
- Writer’s a lovers quarrel – encounters breathe the quill… – Neisha Alana Haora
- Our attitude to others dictate God’s attitude to us – Sunday Adelaja
- A positive attitude from you tends to produce a positive attitude toward you. – Deborah Day
- As you spend time with the King of kings and the Lord of lords, His attitude becomes your attitude. – Andrew Wommack
- You can never hide your attitude so be generous. Always show your best attitude and life will be beautiful. – Debasish Mridha
- No one else can choose your attitude for you. Your perspective and choice of attitude gives you the power to be in control. – Irene Dunlap
- True maturity is in attitude and a true attitude is maturity. – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
- Your attitude defines your personality. Your personality refines your attitude. Together they make up your character. – Tanya Masse
- Your attitude toward others, work, and your daily life is a reflection of your attitude toward God. – Elizabeth George