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"I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights."
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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."
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"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."
"In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin."
"When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land."
"When a pile of cups is tottering on the edge of the table and you warn that they will crash to the ground, in South Africa you are blamed when that happens."
"What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled?"
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