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“I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.”
“I'm fascinated how often and with what whole-heartedness people will risk their lives to perform acts of courage, sacrifice, and compassion for total strangers.”
“I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.”
“Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth.”
“The dew of compassion is a tear.”
“When there's that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier.”
“I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships - things like forgiveness and compassion.”
“There is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels for someone, for someone, pain intensified by the imagination and prolonged by a hundred echos.”
“Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.”
“I think technology really increased human ability. But technology cannot produce compassion.”
“I think there is a complicated side effect to overcoming evil in that we are forever changed by it. I think after we ingest some of the cruelty of the world, it takes years off of our lives, but it...”
“Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.”
“We are a Nation of peace and compassion, yet these people have and will devote every fiber of their beings to the destruction of Americans and our Country.”
“It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.”
“America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.”
“The Trail of Tears should teach all of us the importance of respect for others who are different from ourselves and compassion for those who have difficulties.”
“Sometimes we are separated by differences, and sometimes we are united by common ideals of respect and compassion.”
“Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is a lousy fiction writer because her writing has no compassion and virtually no humor. She has a philosophical and economical m...”
“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.”
“All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.”
