#compassion

Well, I think that if you sincerely try to imagine what life is like for another person - not in a mocking way, not in a satirical way, but in a sincere, compassionate way - I don't think that's exploitive. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

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One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

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Feed the birds; those little acts of kindness will literally bring love and beauty to your backyard.Bring sacredness back to your life ↗

— Martin Suarez

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One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

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The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery. ↗

— Joseph Butler

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Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food. ↗

— Joseph Butler

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I met the president when he was president-elect at a meeting in Austin. He spoke of his faith. He spoke of his desire for a compassionate conservatism, for a faith-based initiative that would do something for poor people. ↗

— Jim Wallis

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Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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If everyone in the world sat quietly at the same time, closed their eyes and concentrated as hard as they could on peace and goodwill, all the killing and cruelty in the world would continue. And probably increase. ↗

— George Carlin

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I'm a conservative, and I'm a compassionate conservative. And I think it's important that Florida continues to move in that direction. ↗

— Charlie Crist

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