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 DassThe richness of a moment comes when it's both full and empty at the same time. The truth is, we live simultaneously in time and timelessness.
Ram Dass