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• Now I can look at you in peace; I don't eat you any more.

  Franz Kafka

  Animal, Compassion, Vegetarianism

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• You don't have to compromise convictions to be compassionate.

  Rick Warren

  Compromise, Conviction, Gay Lifestyle

  "EXCLUSIVE Rick Warren: 'Flat Out Wrong' That Muslims, Christians View God the Same". Interview with Brandon A. Cox & The Christian Post, www.christianpost.com. March 2, 2012.

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• The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Peace, Soulmate, Honesty

  The Devil's Disciple (1901) act 2

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• I always try to share with others the idea that in order to become compassionate it is not necessary to become religious.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Religious, Compassion

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• Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test…consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.

  Milan Kundera

  Attitude, Compassion, Animal

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• Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.

  Eric Hoffer

  Compassion, Soul, Impulse

  Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

  Aesop

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Aesop (1963). “Aesop's fables”, Cliffs Notes

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• The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Wisdom, Peace, Kindness

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• Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Courage

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• Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?

  William Blake

  Sympathy, Peace, Grief

  'Songs of Innocence' (1789) 'On Another's Sorrow'

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• Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul.

  Eric Hoffer

  Inspirational, Compassion, Soul

  Eric Hoffer (1977). “In our time”, McNally & Loftin Publishers

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• Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.

  Phil Jackson

  Love, Inspirational, Basketball

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Compassionate action involves working with ourselves as much as working with others.

  Pema Chodron

  Compassion, Working With Others, Action

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• A small compassionate act enlarges the scope of community.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Fire, Community, Scope

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• To see those babies with no food for three of four days, old people sitting in the hot sun, when you see these poor people, you cannot help but being compassionate or affected.

  Geraldo Rivera

  Baby, People, Three

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• The State of the Union may look rosy from the White House balcony or the suites of George Bush's wealthiest donors. But hardworking Americans will see through this president's efforts to wrap his radical agenda with a compassionate ribbon.

  Howard Dean

  White, House, Effort

  "Democrats lambast Bush speech" by Mark Oliver, www.theguardian.com. January 21, 2004.

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• Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Kindness, Compassion

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.158

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• I'd been trying for a while to get parts that weren't just the English bad guy, so it was quite refreshing to be playing someone who was a compassionate, decent guy.

  Sean Bean

  Guy, Trying, Playing Someone

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• I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Beautiful, Strong Women, Lesbianism

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• This is the year of Katrina and Iraq. How the war ends is more important than how it began. However you feel about the war, you have to be compassionate and loving towards our troops

  Geraldo Rivera

  War, Years, Iraq

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  Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "A Small Drop of Ink: A Collection of Inspirational and Moving Quotations of the Ages". Book by Linda Pendleton, 2003.

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• Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• There is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels for someone, pain intensified by the imagination and prolonged by a hundred echos.

  Milan Kundera

  Pain, Compassion, Imagination

  "The Unbearable Lightness of Being". Book by Milan Kundera, 1984.

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• In his 4 years in the White House, President Carter worked to make the Federal Government more competent and compassionate and more responsive to the American people.

  Nathan Deal

  Government, Years, White

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• There's something in the moment when you can make them laugh or cry and show and incredibly compassionate side of life. I find that a really exemplary way to live.

  Gedde Watanabe

  Laughing, Live In The Moment, Way To Live

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