Compassion Quote by Errol Morris

“When you're working for yourself and your own obsession with finding the truth, you're at your own mercy.”

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The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors about it.

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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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When you need empathy, you cannot give empathy.

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