"Preacher is an instrument of compassion, not an instrument of wrath."
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"Take away someone’s fear, or low intelligence, or dishonesty . . . and you take away their compassion. Take away someone’s aggression and you take away their motivation, or their ability to assert themselves. Take away their selfishness and you take away their sense of self-preservation."
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"His universal compassion was due less to natural instinct, than to a profound conviction, a sum of thoughts that in the course of living had filtered through to his heart: for in the nature of man, as in rock, there may be channels hollowed by the dropping of water, and these can never be destroyed."
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"A woman should always challenge our respect, and never move our compassion."
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"A man of good sense but of little faith, whose compassion seemed to lead him to church as often as he went there, said to me; 'that he liked to have concerts, and fairs, and churches, and other public amusements go on."
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"But a compassion for that which is not and cannot be useful and lovely, is degrading and futile."
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"Compassion is the ability to see how it all is."
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"Shift from judgment to compassion to love."
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"Typically, discussions of the safety net boil down to one side wanting to spend more in the name of compassion, and the other side wanting to spend less in the name of fiscal restraint. In both cases, money serves as a proxy for moral responsibility."
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"The signs of good health are an intellect which is free from inhibition and arrogance, a heart which is full of compassion is healthy, a confusion-free mind, a trauma-free memory and a sorrow-free soul."
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"When we look at the world through the eyes of the Master, the world will look so much more beautiful - not a nasty place, but a place filled with love, joy, compassion and all virtues"
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"Prayer within breath is silence, love within infinity is silence, Wisdom without word is silence, compassion without aim is silence, action without doer is silence, smiling with all existence is silence"
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"Unless and until you have developed a heart inundated with compassion, do not sit on the seat of judgement."
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"Doubt is an old disease. Faith is an old medicine. Compassion is an old doctor. Concern is an old nurse."
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"I live in between My heart's compassion-rain And my life's oneness-gain."
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"A single God - touch From God's Compassion - Height Can transform man's unimaginable And countless weaknesses Into God's own infinite,Immortal and omnipotent Power."
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"God's Compassion - Eye gives us Not only one Chance But countless chances To change our wrong directions"
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"Long-protracted suffering is apt to exhaust not only the invalid, but the compassion of others; violent emotions cannot be prolonged endlessly."
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"The best leaders blend courage with compassion."
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"It needed to be in the public record that no matter the size of the disaster, no matter the level of our compassion, that we have a responsibility to get emergency help to people the right way, but we also have a responsibility to be prudent in our planning."
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