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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."
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"All the best stories are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape."

"As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow."

"Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste."

"Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping."

"One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do."
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