## Definition - Compassion is the tender readiness of the heart to respond to one’s own or another’s pain without despair, [[Resentment]], or aversion. It is the wish to dissipate suffering. - Compassion embraces those experiencing sorrow, and eliminates cruelty from the mind. ([Location 2092](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B09DTJM18Q&location=2092)) - Compassion does not mean immersing ourselves in the suffering of others to the point of [[Anguish]]. ## See Also - [[Compassion fatigue]] - [[Self-compassion]] - [[The Relationship Between Compassion and Empathy]]