D. C. Fontana Quotes
Compassion--that's the one thing no machine ever had. Maybe it's the one thing that keeps man ahead of them.
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If we don't change from a world society that worships money and power to one that worships compassion and generosity, I think we'll be extinct by mid-century. I don't say that as an alarmist or as a pessimist.
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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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For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.
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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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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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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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I strongly believe that the art of the novel works best when the writer identifies with whoever he or she is writing about. Novels in the end are based on the human capacity, compassion, and I can show more compassion to my characters if I write in a first person singular.
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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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Academic Marxism is a fantasy world, and unctuous compassion-sweepstakes, into which real workers or peasants never penetrate.
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Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food.
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I shaved the back of my head once and did the asymmetrical hair.
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When I met my wife, I was 24. Obviously, she wasn't my wife. She was just a girl. I made her my wife later on.
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The basis of human rights is happy life. Everyone wants to lead a happy life for which we need to have a holistic approach.
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Compassion--that's the one thing no machine ever had. Maybe it's the one thing that keeps man ahead of them.
