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		Without compassion, we will never know anyone or anything, not even our own story. Too much judgment, too many ideas and attitudes will stand in the way of the fundamental principle that we are similar to, connected with, and part of everything else.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		One of women's greatest values is compassion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		My dad's a beautiful man, but like a lot of Mexican men, or men in general, a lot of men have a problem with the balance of masculinity and femininity - intuition and compassion and tenderness - and get overboard with the macho thing. It took him a while to become more, I would say, conscious, evolved. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carlos Santana 
			 
			
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		If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dalai Lama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Academic Marxism is a fantasy world, and unctuous compassion-sweepstakes, into which real workers or peasants never penetrate. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Camille Paglia 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Who knows, my God, but that the universe is not one vast sea of compassion actually, the veritable holy honey, beneath all this show of personality and cruelty? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Kerouac 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		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. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dave Davies 
			 
			
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		Most people are not good people. In business, in art, in almost every 'world' I've been in, most people I've meet are pretty gray to black. It takes practice to be the person who is a source of compassion and honesty. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				James Altucher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		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 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am a mother now, and I'm a mother to a son, and I want him to go into the world a feminist. I want him to go into the world with compassion for humanity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karyn Kusama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think everybody should have the same anger towards the injustice that's happening and the hatred that's happening, and just fight it with love and compassion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ellen DeGeneres 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Pope John Paul, a man of peace and compassion, was one of the most revered leaders of our time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Because of his compassion Owen was always in trouble with his partners. They would have much preferred a tough, down-to-earth manager who would get a days work out of the little bastards. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				John Kenneth Galbraith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In a world where people are equal, I feel it's important to have strong male characters, counterparts. Equality is important. It's about compatibility and compassion. And it's amazing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Haifaa al-Mansour 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have collected all the writings of the Empire and burnt those which were of no use. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Qin Shi Huang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are three people in yourself - who people think you are, who you think you are, and who you really are. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Patrick Henry 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Without compassion, we will never know anyone or anything, not even our own story. Too much judgment, too many ideas and attitudes will stand in the way of the fundamental principle that we are similar to, connected with, and part of everything else. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Deena Metzger