“Compassion is expressed through the discerning ability to help in an appropriate manner. It manifests as an all-embracing caring that arises within the mind, a caring that sees all forms of life and beings as equal. It can arise only in a mind that is open and accepting of itself and others, a mind that is not stifled by preferences, judgments, intolerance, self-absorption.” ― Rob Nairn
— Living, Dreaming, Dying by Rob Nairn (Page 196)