This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Compassion is something you can develop with practice. It involves two things: intention and action. Intention simply means you remember to open your heart to others; you expand what and who matters, from yourself to other people. Action is simply the "what you do about it."
Action | Compassion | Heart | Intention | Means | People | Practice |
All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
Christopher Peterson and Martin E. P. Seligman
In English, we have no single word that captures "love of learning." In Chinese, there is a single phrase "hao-xue-xin" which translates into English as "the heart and mind for wanting to learn" and nicely captures this strength of character.
Character | Heart | Learning | Love of learning | Love | Mind | Strength |
Eleanor Roosevelt, fully Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be "damned if you do, and damned if you don't."
Abbe Henri Huvelin, curé de Saint Augustin
A word from the heart goes straight to the heart.
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What the heart gives away is never gone ... It is kept in the hearts of others.
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