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"But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people--first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy."

"The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community."

"Motherhood is at its best when the tender chords of sympathy have been touched."

"Autumn wins you best by this, its mute Appeal to sympathy for its decay."

"I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine."

"Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other."

"Interest does not tie nations together; it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them."
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"God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament."

"All things are perceived in the light of charity, and hence under the aspect of beauty; for beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love."

"The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, and intellect and feeling are only important insofar as they contribute to that."

"In my relations with my father, which are difficult and where I'm often met by coolness and indifference, I am constantly tempted to be cold and indifferent. Yet I know that this is a test if I could take it rightly."

"Towards my husband, I often fail to show interest in his affairs and amusements, not rousing myself to respond when I'm tired or concerned with other things, forgetting he is very patient with me."
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