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• Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.

  Meister Eckhart

  Depression, Light, Darkness

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  My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Twitter post from Aug 19, 2015

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• All the best of the monsters played for sympathy. That goes for my father, Karloff, myself and all the others. They all won the audience's sympathy. The Wolf Man didn't want to do all those bad things. He was forced into them.

  Lon Chaney, Jr.

  Father, Character, Winning

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• Indifference towards those in need is not acceptable for a Christian.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Religious, Compassion

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• Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile.

  Julie Burchill

  Love, Death, Grief

  "The New Encyclopedia of Christian Quotations". Book by Mark Water, p. 111, 2000.

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• Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life. Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples and pears. Show them how to cry when pets and people die. Show them the infinite pleasure in the touch of a hand. And make the ordinary come alive for them. The extraordinary will take care of itself.

  William Martin

  Inspirational, Life, Appreciation

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• There is no reconciliation until you recognize the dignity of the other, until you see their view- you have to enter into the pain of the people. You've got to feel their need.

  John M. Perkins

  Inspirational, Pain, Views

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• In the desert a fountain is springing, In the wide waste there still is a tree, And a bird in the solitude singing, Which speaks to my spirit of thee

  Lord Byron

  Bird, Tree, Solitude

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.496, Delphi Classics

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• Death cannot kill what never dies.

  William Penn

  Grief, Condolences, Grieving

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.79, Courier Corporation

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• Sympathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Atmosphere, Wells

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1960). “The Journals”

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• Compassion is an action word with no boundaries.

  Prince

  Compassion, Empathy, Understanding

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• Grief is the price we pay for love.

  Queen Elizabeth II

  Life, Grief, Condolences

  "Happy birthday, Queen Elizabeth. The world needs you now more than ever" by Lee Cohen, www.foxnews.com. April 21, 2016.

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• Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.

  Roger Caras

  Life, Dog, Sorry

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• In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Sad, Stars, Grief

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.2414, Library of Alexandria

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• Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Life, Peace, Hard Work

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• When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

  William Shakespeare

  Sadness, Sad Life, Sorrow

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 4, sc. 5, l. [78]

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• Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.

  Jesse Jackson

  Sweat, Effort, Tears

  "The preacher comes to town" by Laura Smith, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2005.

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• What is lovely never dies, but passes into other loveliness, Star-dust, or sea-foam, flower or winged air.

  Thomas Bailey Aldrich

  Love, Beauty, Beautiful

  Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1911). “The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: Poems”

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• Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them.

  Ben Elton

  Opposites, Feelings, Resentment

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• A sympathy in choice.

  William Shakespeare

  Choices

  'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 1, sc. 1, l. 141

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• Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Criticism, Firsts, Conditions

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• The secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and likeness.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Secret, Secret Life

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.87

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• If thou art something bring thy soul and interchange with mine. - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Art, Soul, Interchange

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• The secret of language is the secret of sympathy, and its full charm is possible only to the gentle

  John Ruskin

  Communication, Secret, Language

  John Ruskin (1872). “Lectures on Art, Delivered Before the University of Oxford in Hilary Term, 1870”, p.72

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• Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground.

  Oscar Wilde

  Grief, Condolences, Sadness

  Letter to Alfred Douglas, Jan. - Mar. 1897

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