“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion”
Dalai Lama
Definition
- The taking on of the a sufferer’s pain for the sake of love (catholiceducation)
- Sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it (M-W)
Vices
- Excess: Self-neglect for the sake of others
- Deficit: Coldness, lack of love for others