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

"Compassion brings people together."

"Then I give her a grim shake of my head and say aloud, 'This blows ass.' She nods sympathetically. She doesn't understand, but of course, in her way she understands completely."

"It is unfortunate that many people today cannot realize the need around them."

"When we are looking for the unexpected, we are not only looking for the unexpected in ourselves, but we are also curious about the unexpected in the behavior of the others. So as to know the others, we have got to learn how and where they differ from us. By understanding this, we are able to establish an uplifting link with otherness. ['Looking for the unexpected']"

"If you can't see some part of yourself in every single person you encounter, then you're not looking closely enough, at the person or at yourself."

"I have a few friends who are confined to wheelchairs for access and mobility. I don't want to always be looking down at them while they are looking up at me. To enjoy a meaningful conversation, I'm quick to kneel beside them or pull up a chair to talk at the same height. Begin to recognize the orientation of other people and align yourself with their body position and physical needs so that you may connect on a more balanced and effective level."

"The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me."

"Your heightened awareness of their perceptions, experiences, emotions, and personality styles can reveal why they feel the way they do so that you can choose your responses wisely and compassionately."
Explore more quotes by Joseph Stalin

"If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves."

"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas."

"Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed."

"It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."
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