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"Americans sometimes say to me that they have no class system themselves. All human beings have class systems. It can be based on a different thing in a different country, but the thing about breeding is, you can't buy it. You can't buy class."
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"Walking a mile in someone else's shoes isn't as much about the walk or the shoes; it's to be able to think like they think, feel what they feel, and understand why they are who and where they are. Every step is about empathy."
"Though your acts of love and compassion cannot penetrate bandages or armour, they are never wasted and never lost. They sit within the recipient's mind, awaiting his awakening."
"When we harm others we harm ourselves, when we help others we help ourselves."
"If you knew the mercy I am showing by not dismembering you where you stand for getting in my way, you would not stop thanking me."
"In someone's darkest hour your simple act of kindness may imitate the sunrise, and to sad eyes you become their only source of light."
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"The real challenge of compassion, nonviolence and mindfulness is to love in adverse situation."
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"Americans sometimes say to me that they have no class system themselves. All human beings have class systems. It can be based on a different thing in a different country, but the thing about breeding is, you can't buy it. You can't buy class."
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