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Compassion Quote by Frank Knox

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“I suspect that even today, with all the progress we have made in liberal thought, the quality of true tolerance is as rare as the quality of mercy.”

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Modern warfare is an intricate business about which no one knows everything and few know very much.

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I believe with all my heart that civilization has produced nothing finer than a man or woman who thinks and practices true tolerance. Some…

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Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose.

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I believe with all my heart that civilization has produced nothing finer than a man or woman who thinks and practices true tolerance.

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It is simply unthinkable that we will ever again send overseas a great expeditionary force of armed men.

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Some one has said that most of us don't think, we just occasionally rearrange our prejudices.

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God did not intend the human family to be wafted to heaven on flowery beds of ease.

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If future generations ask us what we are fighting for [in World War Two], we shall tell them the story of Lidice.

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No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping.

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We and our allies owe and acknowledge an ever-lasting debt of gratitude to the armies and people of the Soviet Union.

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Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion,…

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“I fight with love and kindness as my weapons and compassion as my defense.”

Debasish Mridha

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I really enjoy making people laugh; I've discovered that's a great technique. That's as powerful as stirring their sorrow, stirring their compassion, because that…

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

Segun Magbagbeola

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For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe…

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

Abraham Lincoln

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We are puzzled and bewildered whenever we see suffering in this world because we have become accustomed to the mercy and the long-suffering of…

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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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There are a number of qualities which are important for mental peace, but from the little experience I have, I believe that one of…

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May the gods have mercy on whoever pisses them off, because Zarek and Jericho will have none for them. (Madoc) You’d better be glad…

Sherrilyn Kenyon

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When you need empathy, you cannot give empathy.

Marshall B. Rosenberg

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But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but,…

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