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"To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike."
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"With mindfulness, loving kindness, and self-compassion, we can begin to let go of our expectations about how life and those we love should be."

"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."

"And Sir, it is no little thing to make mine eyes to sweat compassion."

"No matter who it is or what you think of them, never rejoice in the pain of others. It lowers you to a level you should not be at."

"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."

"How often do we listen and act to the call of honesty, serenity, humility and generosity?How many "soft pillows" do we use for a life time?If only everyone uses a "soft pillow," then what a better world it could be to have many genuine hearts."

"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."

"With the glorious flames of compassion in your heart, embrace the goodness from all religions."
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"Two golden hours somewhere between sunrise and sunset. Both are set with 60 diamond minutes. No reward is offered. They are gone forever."

"Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery."

"Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality and infinite in quantity."

"Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear."

"Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever."

"A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them."

"A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron."
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