We are truly capable of deep compassion, and of transcending self-interest.
Regardless of the expression of compassion or contempt for the overweight, it is clear that they are disparaged and stigmatised.
By "tenderness" he means humanity, compassion, fellow feeling, and sympathy.
The seemingly endless multiplication of voices crying for aid tends to blunt the compassion of an increasingly indifferent and cynical public in the developed world.
The public is not lacking in compassion, but it does believe that poor people should play by the same rules as the middle class.
These ideals offered a division of tasks and a rhetoric of compassion within the home which would ease tension and prevent conflict.
Yet the compassion and good humor with which it occurred lingered long past the event.
This kind of self-knowledge confers practical wisdom, tolerance, and compassion and thus influences how the individual so enriched judges other people and other situations.
