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Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion.

~A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Topics: Compassion Great Great Teachers Knowledge Out Passion Teachers

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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.

~Abraham Joshua Heschel

Topics: Compassion Defiance Despair Done God Greatest Greatest Strength Harm Holds Love Man One Time Others Passion Person Religious Strength Suffers Thought Time Times Who Whose

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Americans in general have a lot of compassion, we just don't always have the same view of how that compassion is implemented.

~Adam Kinzinger

Topics: Always American Compassion General How Implemented Just Lot Same View

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I think there is a complicated side effect to overcoming evil in that we are forever changed by it. I think after we ingest some of the cruelty of the world, it takes years off of our lives, but it also gives us wisdom and a little grace, hopefully a sense of compassion.

~Adam Rapp

Topics: After Also Changed Compassion Complicated Cruelty Effect Evil Forever Gives Grace Hopefully Little Lives Off Our Our Lives Overcoming Sense Side Some Takes Think Us Wisdom World Years I Think

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I think the really significant part of it for us, for the western world, is we have a lot to gain from the Tibetans - there are certain lessons that are within Tibetan culture. I mean understandings of compassion and of nonviolence that are things that we really lack in our society.

~Adam Yauch

Topics: Certain Compassion Culture Gain Lack Lessons Lot Mean Nonviolence Our Part Really Significant Society Things Think Tibetan Us Western Western World Within World I Think

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Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical. There are pockets of extremism in Israel, in the U.S. and in the Muslim world. But we have to fight them with reason, with logic and with compassion.

~Al-Waleed Bin Talal

Topics: Compassion Extremism Fight Governments Israel Logic Logical Most Muslim Muslim World People Pockets Pragmatic Reason Them World

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All I can say is if the part doesn't delight me in some way, or I can't feel any compassion for it, I just can't do it.

~Alan Arkin

Topics: Any Compassion Delight Feel Just Me Part Say Some Way I Can

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Like many of my friends and associates, I am a life-long Democrat. We have a rock-solid commitment to supporting the political party that we so strongly believe offers the most promising vision of America: one that recognizes the proper role of government, the importance of compassion, and the value of diversity.

~Alan Patricof

Topics: Am America Associates Believe Commitment Compassion Democrat Diversity Friends Government Importance Like Many Most Offers Party Political Political Party Promising Proper Role Strongly Supporting Value Vision I Am

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Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

~Albert Einstein

Topics: Beauty Circle Compassion Creatures Embrace Free Living Living Creatures Must Nature Our Ourselves Task Whole Widening

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The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

~Albert Schweitzer

Topics: Compassion Help Help Others Human Human Life Life Others Purpose Serve Show Will

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