Compassion is a social emotion that motivates people to go out of their way to relieve the physical, mental, or emotional pains of others and themselves. Compassion is sensitivity to the emotional asp
Hugging is a common display of compassion
Compassion in action: painting of the parable of the Good Samaritan by Giacomo Conti (1813-1888)
A 1930s photograph of a desert traveler praying to Allah "the Compassionate, the Merciful"
Avalokiteśvara looking out over the sea of suffering. China, Liao dynasty.