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Matthew Fox Quotes about Compassion

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Compassion is not pity ... compassion never considers an object as weak or inferior. Compassion, one might say, works from a strength born of awareness of shared weakness, and not from someone else's weakness. And from

Compassion is not pity ... compassion never considers an object as weak or inferior. Compassion, one might say, works from a strength born of awareness of shared weakness, and not from someone else's weakness. And from the awareness of the mutuality of us all. Thus to put down another as in pity is to put down oneself.

Compassion, Weakness, Might

Matthew Fox (1999). “A Spirituality Named Compassion: Uniting Mystical Awareness with Social Justice”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

What is of most moment of compassion is not feelings of pity but feelings of togetherness.

Compassion, Feelings, Togetherness

Matthew Fox (1999). “A Spirituality Named Compassion: Uniting Mystical Awareness with Social Justice”, p.4, Inner Traditions / Bear & Co

The only way to learn compassion is through your heart; you have to back up and pass through your own pain.

Pain, Heart, Compassion

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