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“We must remember that the most powerful medicine we can offer for suffering of any kind is simply kindness. It says, "You're not alone. I see you; I hear you; I'm with you.”
“Great compassion is the root of altruistic action, the object of amazement to the world;there is no greater source of help and happiness.”
“New converts displayed a most un-Roman concern for the sick man.”
“Gods tender mercies are over all His creatures.”
“Curious, he thought, how, if you knew a person long enough, he could elicit every kind of emotion from you, every possible reaction, envy, admiration, pity, irritation, fury, fondness, jealousy, lo...”
“Death is a tragedy whether it is in the death of one girl-woman in London or seventy-seven men, women, and children in Norway. We know this, but perhaps it needs to be said over and over again so w...”
“He said that knowledge was of little use without wisdom, and that there was no wisdom without spirituality, and that true spirituality always included service to others. As he explained many times,...”
“The tremendous danger is that this belief - that genuine happiness comes only from pleasant feelings - becomes a strong motivation to stay closed to anything unpleasant. But by staying closed to al...”
“Yoga teaches us that we can have whatever we may want in life if we are willing to provide it for others first.”
“West couldn't simply leave the man like this, he didn't have it in him."Goodman Heath," he said as he approached, and the peasant looked up at him, surprised. He fumbled for his hat and made to ris...”
“The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it withing his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.”
“You are the very creator and co-creator of your own reality. When you allow yourself to remember what you already know about yourself on the spirit level, you shine the light of unconditional love,...”
“An act of kindness is uplifting to the soul.”
“People walk in the door because they need you to take care of them -- to feed them or fix them.”
“Silence frees us from the need to control others. One reason we can hardly bear to remain silent is that it makes us feel so helpless. We are accustomed to relying upon words to manage and control ...”
“You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.”
“The moral crisis she'd just gone through made her feel indulgent toward the faults, the delinquencies of others. How thoroughly a human being can be buffeted and over-mastered by fate had been born...”
“In a world of limited resources, our wealth is at the expense of the poor. To put it simply, if we have it, others cannot.”
“To be good, is to be like God. Our purpose in life is to try and reach that standard. We will always fall short, but in our lifetime if we try our best to make a world where everyone is treated equ...”
“Anybody Can Hate. Hate is Easy...Living Side by Side with Compassion, Tolerance and Respect Takes Real Courage.”
