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All farewells should be sudden, when forever. ↗

— George Byron

#should #sudden

Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection - or compassionate action. ↗

— Daniel Goleman

#empathy #selfishness #social-intelligence #intelligence

I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. ↗

— Harry A. Blackmun

#i #longer #machinery #shall #tinker

Once they ask for a recount, we will provide them with a recount. ↗

— Kenneth Blackwell

#once #provide #recount #them #will

Have you ever noticed what golf spells backwards? ↗

— Al Boliska

#backwards #ever #golf #noticed #spells

Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#bed #day #every #explosion #i

We took the insurance companies out of the driver's seat. ↗

— John Salazar

#driver #insurance #insurance companies #out #seat

In order every one in our homeland learns principles of democracy and the peaceful transition of power, and in order to stabilize and develop multiple choices in democratic practice. ↗

— Ali A. Saleh

#democracy #democratic #develop #every #homeland

Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off. ↗

— Saint Francis de Sales

#begun #broken #friendships #never #off

To understand is to forgive, even oneself. ↗

— Alexander Chase

#even #forgive #oneself #understand