With more compassionate thoughts and actions you can live a kinder, happier and more loving life.

So today I’d like to share a collection of the top compassion quotes of all time.

In this post you will for example learn:

• Why self-absorption makes us unhappier (and also kills our capacity for compassion).
• What compassion means for building deeper relationships.
• How to be more self-compassionate and kind to yourself.

These thoughts that stretch back over 2400 years in time is the timeless wisdom of the people who walked this earth long before us (and some who are still with us here today).

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It’s easy to get stuck in thinking about what you can get.

And to put less focus on what you can give (even though studies have shown that the joy of giving lasts the longest).

So this week I’d like to share the top giving quotes of all time.

In this post you’ll learn:

• Why it’s absolutely essential for success (both for you and others) to be focusing on giving before focusing on what you may yourself receive.
• What the most important thing that you can give is (it’s not money).
• How giving back helps us all to rise up.

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Empathy. 

Such an often underrated but important part of life. 

So in this post I’d like to share the best quotes on empathy I’ve found.

Timeless thoughts that can help us to grow our emotional intelligence and become more compassionate. To improve and deepen our relationships with and understanding of others.

And to help us create a more loving and kind world.

I hope you’ll find these thoughts as helpful and inspiring as I have.

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We all face difficult times and setbacks from time to time. That’s just a part of life. But how we handle it makes all the difference.

So in today’s post I’d like to share the best quotes on adversity. 

Timeless thoughts from the past 2000+ years about how to deal with and overcome adversity and tough times but also about what the benefits of adversity in life are.

I hope these thoughts and advice will be as helpful for you as they have been for me in the past few years.

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“Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.”
Helen Keller

How do you react if something in your life doesn’t go as you wish?

Well, at first you’ll probably feel pain of some sort.

But what happens after that? What do you do after the initial pain?

Do you think of yourself as a victim, as someone with little or no control or power?

Do you slip back into a familiar headspace where you feel sorry for yourself and where you feel like someone – or the whole world – is against you?

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