Compassion Essay

“Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard-work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority,” a famous quote by Vince Lombardi, legendary football coach for the Green Bay Packers. For years, American football in high schools has been changing the lives of teenagers from all backgrounds. Out on the field, everyone is given the same equal chance to prove himself, no matter who he is or where he comes from. Not everyone may possess the characteristics to be an…

The party’s success is unlike any other powers before them. In the novel Orwell states, “the people before them founded the nation on love, compassion and Justice but, Oceania is founded upon fear, hatred, rage, triumph, and self- abasement” (220). Their goal is to become more merciless and less humane over time. The party is creating a place filled with people who can do anything whether it’s…

switch in parental roles further develops Jacob’s compassion and understanding. This moment shows the growth Jacob has made from a sex-curious Cornell student to a caring guardian. To add on, Jacob’s nurturing nature is evident in his care of the menagerie animals. It’s “impossible to describe how [tender he] feel[s] towards [the animals] (145-146). When Jacob has someone or something to nurture and take care of, he learns to care and have compassion for others. It is particularly evident with…

Fred Lee has the distinction of being both the senior vice president of two major hospitals and a former cast member at Walt Disney World. He is the author of the best-selling book, If Disney Ran your Hospital- 9 and a half things you would do differently. Much of his work is focused on patient relations and service excellence. In his Tedx talk titled, “Patient Satisfaction or Patient Experience?” he discusses the difference between satisfaction of care and patient experience. Excellent service…

effectively grounded on compassion, nurture, and social bonds. What is moral is not of the divine, but rather a purely human matter, albeit the most important of all human matters” (Einstein). Confucius, in Analect 12.2, stated “what you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others” (Confucius). Many philosophers, including the ones noted above, all seem to agree on the general concept of the Golden Rule. In other words, treat others as you wish to be treated; with respect, compassion,…

Wilcox’s ”porcelain unicorn” depicts a countercultural German boy during World War II, exposing a virtually unknown group of people to the audience, a group opposed to the ideology of the Nazi regime by depicting the unnamed protagonist showing compassion towards a Jewish girl. By the use of distinctive…

defilements and learn compassion from Buddhist practices then suffering can be defeated. On a different note, the statue of Dharmapala Yamaraja and Chamunda is a great reminder of how an individual’s wrongful actions can cause them to be sent to an unpleasant realm. If that is not enough of a reminder then the horrific features of Dharmapala Yamaraja and his reign on the realms are terrifying and should convince one to follow the path of Buddhahood and learn both compassion of wisdom to enable…

characteristics of the Epic hero are still evident in heroes of today. This paper will discuss these three important similarities between Beowulf and Anne Frank to show my analysis of this conclusion. The characteristics to be discussed are courage, compassion, and determination. The Epic Hero Beowulf is very courageous. Beowulf had a strong belief in his own person that he could defeat Grendel without using a man-made…

compassionate with their fellow inmates, and managed to keep hope alive through their selfless deeds. Through these several acts of affection, Elie and his father were able to persevere through the living hell. The first unprecedented act of compassion occurred when the random unnamed stranger instructed Elie and his father to lie about their ages, and claim to be eighteen and forty years old This…

The judge, jury, and final verdict, is like rain. It falls after a period of cloudy suspicion, softening the soil of superstition and stereotypes allowing the flowers of compassion to grow. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, she shines a light on the disgusting acts of white men in the 1930’s. The court is supposed to be a place of truth and justice, but in this novel it it the complete opposite. The jury of white men believes in the racial stereotypes against African men and women,…