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“We cannot 100 percent know the depth of another persons heart. We cannot know the whys and whats of his soul.This idea could be sad, but it doesnt have to be. Instead of rendering human beings powe...”
“emotion untempered by reason is social suicide”
“Even if it's very late at night. Someone's always awake in the world. But of all those things you could think up for people to be doing, I think going hungry would have to be your safest bet. Going...”
“If given a choice between stoic justice and compassion, I choose compassion. And if given a choice between worldly leadership and heaven at my feetI choose heaven.”
“I wish the hearts of human beings pumped with kind desires.I wish every gaze landed on the eyes of others compassionately.I wish hatred, envy, and vengeance were alien concepts to humankind.I wish ...”
“It is only when you suffer that you truly understand.”
“It took until the end of her life for me to cherish each day with my mother the way I naturally did with my brother. At the end, I loved my mother simply, without request to do better in any way, o...”
“I was trying to keep God's pain at arms length.”
“We must be passionate and controlled but not reckless. Truth is not established by shame, guilt, or coercion or tribalism. It must be established by reason, evidence, presentation, compassion, and ...”
“Close! stand close to me, Starbuck; let me look into a human eye; it is better than to gaze into sea or sky; better than to gaze upon God. By the green land; by the bright hearthstone! this is the ...”
“Just because it had happened before didnt mean it wasnt serious. It didnt mean he didnt need them.”
“To be able to put oneself in anothers position, to be able to see and to feel as another person does, this is the rare gift of an earnest spiritual seeker.”
“Even while we hate, we still have that deep unusual compassion for our rivals, and they hate it when they realize that we are feeling sorry for them.”
“Mercy ministry always comes down to this: you can help, but only Jesus can heal.”
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal; and though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and ...”
“What do you believe in ?""People's sufferings, and the fact that it is abominable. One should do everything to abolish it. To tell you the truth, nothing else seems to me of any importance.”
“Remember how strong we are in our happiness and how weak he is in his misery!”
“Happiness is an inner perception. It comes from simplicity, kindness, love, and compassion.”
“Compassion is happiness.”
“In that moment, the moon and the sun shared the sky. For all of eternity, the moon and sun have chased each other around the world. Long into the future, they will continue this chase, merging the ...”
