Quotes of Mary Brantley - somelinesforyou

“ Compassion is the deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it. The key to opening that door is letting go of the illusion that people are separate from each other; compassion teaches us that everyone is deeply connected to one another. Compassion is empathy, and empathy is being sensitive to the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of others without them have to directly communicate those things to us. ”