Compassion Quote by Donald O'Donovan

““Compassion goes out looking for suffering, scouring the earth for poverty and misery and pain, the same way the cops look for criminals.””

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“Meditation doesn’t lead to enlightenment because in meditation the ego is trying to destroy the ego.”

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“My grandfather was a railroad brakeman, sixty years with the D&H. I'd sit on his lap when I was little, I remember, at the…

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“I love LA! The freeways, the cars, the smog, the glitter, the glitz, the sleaze, the prostitutes, the poison that falls from the sky.”

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“The enemy never sleeps!”

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“Los Angeles, this anthill, this slag heap, the city where I suffered and grappled with life and was defeated, and where I finally triumphed.”

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“The neon dust falls slowly, filtering through the stone canyons, settling on hats and fire hydrants, collecting on delicatessen awnings, filling the shopping carts…

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“I was born under that star, the dung-beetle star.”

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“Like the dung beetle, I had my comfortable burrow and my ball of sustenance, and like the dung beetle I was happy.”

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“Los Angeles is a mother that devours her children.”

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“Nowhere do you see a real, integrated, full-blooded man or woman who shines like a beacon in this sea of disjointedness.”

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“If you refuse to use physical force, then you will be at the mercy of your oppressor!”

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I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.

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“Helpers in every corner, helpers in every hood. That's how we'll make the move, to reform from rude.”

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