If your compassion doesn’t also include yourself it’s incomplete.
~ Jack Kornfield
Seeds
Compassion is always born of understanding, And understanding is the result of looking deeply.
~ Thich Nhat Hahn
Orchid
Genuine compassion must have both wisdom and loving kindness. That is to say, one must understand the nature of suffering from which we wish to free others (this is wisdom), and one must experience deep
Intimacy and empathy with other sentient beings (this is living kindness).
~ Dalai Lama (The Heart Sutra)
Hydrangea
Compassion is our deepest nature. It arises from our interconnection with all things.
~ Jack Kornfield
