Compassion Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes--courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, etc.--can be transmuted into ruthlessness. Compassion alone stands…

— Eric Hoffer

“When hate poisons a mind, it does not kill it. It turns it into a dangerous, poisonous mind; insensitive, ruthless, and blind, ready to…

— Mouloud Benzadi

“In these meetings of all sorts, every counsel, in proportion as it is daring and violent and perfidious, is taken for the mark of…

— Edmund Burke

“Not all poison was bitter. Some of the deadliest poisons in the world tasted sweet; they were that much more dangerous because of it.”

— Nenia Campbell

“Wise men will apply their remedies to vices, not to names; to the causes of evil which are permanent, not to the occasional organs…

— Edmund Burke

“The body is poisoned through the mouth, even so is the heart through the ear ... And even if we do mean no harm,…

— St. Francis de Sales

“I hate wise men because they are lazy, cowardly, and prudent. To the philosophers' equanimity, which makes them indifferent to both pleasure and pain,…

— Emil Cioran

“The vessel that holds poison becomes equally poisonous. When you are angry at someone, remember, you suffer the most.”

— Shubha Vilas

“recognizing how even poison is a form of medicine when used the right way.”

— Kiera Van Gelder

In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes- courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, and so on - can be transmuted…

— Eric Hoffer

“It is not human to be wise,’ said Blood. ‘It is much more human to err, though perhaps exceptional to err on the side…

— Rafael Sabatini

“No poison can kill a positive thinker, and no medicine can save a negative thinker.”

— Came