Quote by Frederick Buechner

Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.

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This quote highlights the power of compassion in understanding and empathizing with the experiences of others. It suggests that true compassion goes beyond feeling sympathy or pity and delves into an intense identification with another person's emotions and struggles. It emphasizes that personal peace and joy are intertwined with the welfare and happiness of others, implying that true happiness can only be attained when everyone around us also experiences peace and joy.

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