Compassion and pity are very different. Whereas compassion reflects the yearning of the heart to merge and take on some of the suffering, pity is a controlled set of thoughts designed to assure separateness. Compassion is the spontaneous response of love; pity, the involuntary reflex of fear.
Ram DassThis is the pathless path. Where the journey leads is to the deepest truth in you. It is really just returning to where you were initially before you got lost.
Ram DassBy acting compassionately, by helping to restore justice and to encourage peace, we are acknowledging that we are all part of one another.
Ram Dass