"Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless"
- Eric Hoffer
About this Quote
This quote by Eric Hoffer talks to the power of compassion in our lives. Compassion is an effective antidote to the unfavorable feelings and impulses that can develop within us. It is a way of understanding and connecting with others, and it can help to neutralize the potentially harmful effects of our own unfavorable emotions. Compassion can assist us to recognize and accept our own defects and weaknesses, as well as those of others. It can also assist us to forgive ourselves and others, and to move forward in a more positive direction. Compassion is a powerful tool for recovery and growth, and it can assist us to stay reasonably safe even in the face of our most poisonous impulses.
This quote is written / told by Eric Hoffer between July 25, 1902 and May 21, 1983. He was a famous Writer from USA.
The author also have 85 other quotes.
"Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding"
"I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights"
"Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose duties of compassion and humanity in their case"
"However, without considering this connection, there is no doubt but that more good than evil, more delight than sorrow, arises from compassion itself; there being so many things which balance the sorrow of it"
"Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too"
"Today, our actions must be motivated only by our intense desire to achieve a just and lasting peace. The compassion and charity of the American people should be reflected in this legislation, though sadly, they are silenced"
"They weren't impatient for the boys to turn into cartoons again. They awarded sympathy, gave compassion. Because deep down they had found parts of themselves in the characters. You said it George"
