#compass

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#duty #good #only #principles #strong

There's people constantly asking you for something on set, so the multi-tasking of motherhood transfers very well to being a director. And I think you're compassionate. ↗

— Angelina Jolie

#being #compassionate #constantly #director #i

No, you're not allowed to be bossy when you're married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience. ↗

— Star Jones

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I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which man structurally does not have, does not have it because he cannot have it. He's just incapable of it. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

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Compassion is the basis of morality. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#compassion #morality

I do it because I want to exercise people's compassion and I do it because I really believe that for some reason what I do is important and meaningful. ↗

— Kyra Sedgwick

#believe #compassion #exercise #i #i do

It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked. ↗

— Haile Selassie

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Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference. ↗

— Meryl Streep

#compassion #desire #difference #filled #going

You didn’t feed from her,” he said, and this was not a question. “Swill poison? Not my kind of fun, little brother.” One corner of Stefan’s mouth quirked up. He made no response to this, but simply looked at Damon with eyes that were... knowing. Damon bridled. “I told the truth!” “Going to take it up as a hobby? ↗

— L.J. Smith

#humanity #humor #snark #humor

I don't need to see the trail to know you're at the end of it. My grandfather's compass may not work, but mine is still true. ↗

— Diana Peterfreund

#jane-austen #love #persuasion #true-love #love