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"Caring about the happiness of others, we find our own."
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"Because no one is walking in your shoes, only you feel the sores on your feet."

"When someone is suffering, there is a deep, visceral reaction in the core of our being, a flood of empathy and a frightfully desperate compulsion to give aid."

"Why must you know the details of my troubles to have compassion? Is it not enough to show compassion simply because you know that everyone has troubles?"

"Appreciate youthfulness and empathize with elderly people."

"When good people consider you the bad guy, you develop a heart to help the bad ones. You actually understand them."

"One of the greatest gifts we receive from dogs is the tenderness they evoke in us. The disappointments of life, the injustices, the battering events that are beyond our control, and the betrayals we endure, from those we befriended and loved, can make us cynical and turn our hearts into flint " on which only the matches of anger and bitterness can be struck into flame. By their delight in being with us, the reliable sunniness of their disposition, the joy they bring to playtime, the curiosity with which they embrace each new experience, dogs can melt cynicism,and sweeten the bitter heart."

"Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition."

"How far you go in life and in your career is dependent on how far you can think good thoughts!"
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"To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less."

"Piety, then, is that which is dear to the gods, and impiety is that which is not dear to them."

"For, let me tell you that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me are the pleasure and charm of conversation."

"Is it not true that the clever rogue is like the runner who runs well for the first half of the course, but flags before reaching the goal: he is quick off the mark, but ends in disgrace and slinks away crestfallen and uncrowned. The crown is the prize of the really good runner who perseveres to the end."

"Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others."
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