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- Western liberal humanism is not something that comes naturally to us: like an appreciation of art or poetry, it has to be cultivated. Humanism is…
- Compassion is aptly summed up in the Golden Rule, which asks us to look into our own hearts, discover what gives us pain, and then…
- Religion isn’t about believing things. It's ethical alchemy. It’s about behaving in a way that changes you, that gives you intimations of holiness and sacredness.
- Look into your own heart, discover what it is that gives you pain and then refuse, under any circumstance whatsoever, to inflict that pain on…
- Compassion has been advocated by all the great faiths because it has been found to be the safest and surest means of attaining enlightenment. It…
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- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
- Cameramen are among the most extraordinarily able and competent people I know. They have to have an insight into natural history that… — David Attenborough
- Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill… — Margaret Atwood
- The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit. — Teresa of Avila
- A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds. — Teresa of Avila
- Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from… — Teresa of Avila
- Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the… — Edward Bach
- Having been a head of state gives you the possibility of getting into places others can't go. — Michelle Bachelet
- He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that… — Francis Bacon
- A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly. — Kevin Bacon
- The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond. — Robert Baden-Powell