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| Quotations On Compassion |
In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.
-- Anne Baxter
1923-1985, American Actress
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Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural.
-- John Berger
1926-, British Actor, Critic
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I know the compassion of others is a relief at first. I don't despise it. But it can't quench pain, it slips through your soul as through a sieve. And when our suffering has been dragged from one pity to another, as from one mouth to another, we can no longer respect or love it.
-- Georges Bernanos
1888-1948, French Novelist, Political Writer
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Out of compassion I destroy the darkness of their ignorance. From within them I light the lamp of wisdom and dispel all darkness from their lives.
-- Bhagavad Gita
c. BC 400-, Sanskrit Poem Incorporated Into the Mahabharata
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The dew of compassion is a tear.
-- Lord Byron
1788-1824, British Poet
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I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.
-- Pablo Casals
1876-1973, Spanish Cellist, Conductor, Composer
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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.
-- Norman Cousins
1915-1990, American Editor, Humanitarian, Author
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
-- William Cowper
1731-1800, British Poet
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