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"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."

"Neuroscience makes us connect with each other at an emotional level. It makes us make friends. It makes us dream more positively. It makes us more optimistic about ourselves and the world even in our darkest days. It makes us achieve our goal endowed with strength even through immense miseries. It allows us to attain the subjective reality of our fellow humans. Imbued with the understanding of the mind we can walk in the shoes of other people."

"If you have never walked a mile in someone's shoes, do not mock the soars on his feet."

"When someone is vicious toward you they are giving you a glimpse of the pain they carry in themselves."

"The poor, the illiterate, the helpless, the distressed - let these be your God."

"Because no one is walking in your shoes, only you feel the sores on your feet."

"If Erik existed and lived life in despair,We wish him to know we are here and we care."

"We must recognize that the suffering of one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity."

"Maybe you receive pain selfishly - thinking only of yourself. The cycle of pain wounds every participant."
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"Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste."

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

"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."

"I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this."

"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."
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