"When I was thirty years old, I came across a book called The Art of Happiness. It’s about the teachings of the Dalai Lama . . . \[who] explains it this way: picture yourself walking along a mountainous trail. You come across a person being crushed by a boulder on their chest. The **empathetic response would be to feel the same** sense of crushing suffocation, thus rendering you helpless. The **compassionate response would be to recognize that that person is in pain and to do everything within your power** to remove the boulder and alleviate their suffering. Put another way, **compassion is empathy plus action**.”\* --- **Tags** — [[quotes]], [[empathy]] , [[compassion]] , [[happiness]] **Source** — [[202303281533 - B - Radical Candor]]