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I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have read more
I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.
Compassion is the basis of all morality
Compassion is the basis of all morality
the train rolls by the cows
grazing in the meadows
.. and they hear the moos
the frightened cries
of read more
the train rolls by the cows
grazing in the meadows
.. and they hear the moos
the frightened cries
of their fellows
captive in the cars.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is read more
Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.
If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values -- that all reality hinges read more
If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values -- that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.
People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have no experience with read more
People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have no experience with them.
A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.
A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.
Compassion is no substitute for justice.
Compassion is no substitute for justice.
