Full Idea
The storm-clouds thunder: Da! Da! Da! Damayata - be self-controlled! Datta - be charitable! Dayadhwam - be compassionate!
Gist of Idea
Damayata - be self-controlled! Datta - be charitable! Dayadhwam - be compassionate!
Source
Anon (Upan) (The Upanishads [c.950 BCE], 'Brihadaranyaka')
Book Reference
'The Upanishads', ed/tr. Prabhavananda /Manchester [Mentor 1957], p.112
A Reaction
Compassion seems to imply charity, so it comes down to 'Be self-controlled and compassionate'. Only the wildest romantic could be against self-control. Only Nietzsche could be against compassion (Idea 4425).
Related Idea
Idea 4425 The overcoming of pity I count among the noble virtues [Nietzsche]