Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes

How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?

Arthur Schopenhauer

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• How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?

  

  Arthur Schopenhauer
  • Suffering
  • Force
  • Moves