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"The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter."
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"With the glorious flames of compassion in your heart, embrace the goodness from all religions."

"I do not believe in a Science that cannot wipe the tears of a widow, or bring a piece of bread to the starving mouth of an orphan. However sophisticated may be the scientific achievements, however well-spun may be the philosophy behind them, I do not call them Science, unless they are put to practice in the pursuit of easing the sufferings of the human society."

"If you can find a cause that touches your soul it will make you a better person, it will show you the power of helping others and ultimately the biggest winner is us. Giving to others helps us to grow, to have a different outlook in life, to appreciate what we have and to be more positive."

"Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty."

"What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other?"

"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

"The only thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give is enough love."

"Throw your arms around the world and hold on tight. But not through fear ...but because of your love."

"There is something lovable about almost everyone you encounter. Uncover it, and you will experience true compassion."

"He's better now, Loo. He's taking care of the cats."
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"Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt."

"If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality."

"A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his dwelling his goods or his dwelling. Nothing that he says, thinks or does is without consequences."

"If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in it must fight for it."

"Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis - once that crisis can be recognized and understood."

"The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it."
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