Joseph Butler Quotes
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Let us democratise knowledge. Let us universalise justice. Together, let us globalise compassion!
Kailash Satyarthi -
The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel -
When we watch stories, we learn empathy, we learn compassion, and hopefully we achieve some sort of understanding.
Gavin Hood -
The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.
Samuel Johnson -
AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion.
Sam Kinison -
Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, frankly, opportunism.
Karen Bender
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I can't imagine working without and audience.
Bea Arthur -
Some people seem to see compassion as being mushy.
Laura Schlessinger -
Compassion is not a popular virtue.
Karen Armstrong -
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.
Sam Harris -
The reduction in compassion that happens when we're all behind computer screens is not good for the world.
Sam Altman -
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.
Vaclav Havel
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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.
Radhanath Swami -
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.
Ted Olson -
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.
Jackie Tabick -
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.
Karen Armstrong -
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.
Sam Altman -
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.
Dalai Lama
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No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with compassion. The more we love, the more the object of our love seems to us to be a victim.
Boris Pasternak -
One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
John Donne -
I realized the wood was better before I cut it, than after. I did not improve it in any way by carving it.
Carl Andre -
I could go on all night about my wonderful experiences.
Jim Nabors -
The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery.
Joseph Butler