Compersion Quotes

“The true and not despairing Friend will address his Friend in some such terms as these.

"I never asked thy leave to let me love thee,--I have a right. I love thee not as something private and personal, which is your own, but as something universal and worthy of love, which I have found. O, how I think of you! You are purely good, --you are infinitely good. I can trust you forever. I did not think that humanity was so rich. Give me an opportunity to live.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Henry David Thoreau: A Week, Walden, The Maine Woods, Cape Cod

“La transmutation totale de la jalousie est possible (même si elle est rare). Elle porte alors le nom de compersion (terme anglais n'ayant pas encore d'équivalent français): le sentiment de joie et de réjouissance lorsqu'une personne que l'on aime vit des instants heureux ou partage du plaisir avec quelqu'un d'autre. C'est une forme d'empathie épurée, où l'on devient capable de partager le bonheur de l'être aimé au-delà de toute aspiration égoïste.”
― Yves-Alexandre Thalmann, Vertus du polyamour : La magie des amours multiples

“If you're having trouble making yourself happy, try to make someone else happy.”
― Tim Ferriss

“Arthur had delivered Dale to him like a gift, or rather like the world's most complicated antidepressant, because Arthur had seen Gabriel hurting and had done all he could to make it stop.”
― Heidi Cullinan, Santa Baby