Compassion

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The true expression of nonviolence is compassion.  Some people seem to  think that compassion is just a passive emotional response instead of rational stimulus to action.  To experience genuine comapssion is to develop a feeling of closeness to others combined with a sense of responsibility for their welfare.

Dalai Lama, quoted by Don Cheadle in Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond