Joseph Butler Quotes
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Let us democratise knowledge. Let us universalise justice. Together, let us globalise compassion!
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The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion.
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When we watch stories, we learn empathy, we learn compassion, and hopefully we achieve some sort of understanding.
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The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.
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AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion.
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Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, frankly, opportunism.
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I can't imagine working without and audience.
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Some people seem to see compassion as being mushy.
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Compassion is not a popular virtue.
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Positive social emotions like compassion and empathy are generally good for us, and we want to encourage them. But do we know how to most reliably raise children to care about the suffering of other people? I'm not sure we do.
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The reduction in compassion that happens when we're all behind computer screens is not good for the world.
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But if I were to say who influenced me most, then I'd say Franz Kafka. And his works were always anchored in the Central European region.
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My parents' selfless affection and dedication nourished and prepared me to receive the love of my guru or spiritual father, Swami Prabhupada. My parents prepared the soil in which my guru sowed the seeds of his compassion.
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You have to take strength from the people that love you and the people that love Barbara and the huge number of expressions of sympathy and compassion and support. That has been extremely moving.
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We all, I think, believe in compassion. If you look at all the world religions, all the main world religions, you'll find within them some teaching concerning compassion.
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Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place.
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If the Reddit community cannot learn to balance authenticity and compassion, it may be a great website, but it will never be a truly great community.
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Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.
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When one has love for God, one doesn't feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.
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We obviously need more love in the world. And we obviously need more compassion and understanding. Our leaders need to really address these issues properly now.
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Compassion is like springwater under the ground. Your life is like a pipe that can tap into that underground spring. When you tap into it, water immediately comes up. So drive your pipe into the ground. Tap into the water of compassion.
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Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him.
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I realized the wood was better before I cut it, than after. I did not improve it in any way by carving it.
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The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery.
