Quotes on Courage and Compassion

I have come across three quotes recently, which have spoken to the deepest areas of my soul — so I thought I would share them here for others to be similarily inspired.

“If you don’t change the direction in which you are going, you will end up where you are headed.” — Confuicus (reputedly)

“We all want to be free. That is human nature. We want to be free from pain and suffering and limitations. If we look deeply into our hearts, we know what we want; we are in love with the condition of liberation. Our pain is the feeling of alienation or separattion from our Beloved, which is this freedom … But finding true nature is not for the timid. It requires courage and a sense of adventure, a fearless heart, and optimistic strength.” — Hameed Ali

“Our own worst enemy cannot harm us as much as our unwise thoughts. No one can help us as much as our own compassionate thoughts.” — Jack Kornfield

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