Compassion Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Download Open image “Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Compassion Detached Inspirational Knives Reflection
Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Since there is no telling in advance where it may lead, reflection can be seen as dangerous . — Simon Blackburn Copy Share Image
Action, as distinguished from fabrication, is never possible in isolation; to be isolated is to be deprived of the capacity to act. — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
The eye is not open when it is limited to the passive role of a mirror... if it has only the capacity to reflect. — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
There is no knife that cuts so sharply and with such poisoned blade as treachery. — Ouida Copy Share Image
The artist should not be satisfied to only play the part of a mirror. — Jules Breton Copy Share Image
“Reflection is not the evil; but a reflective condition and the deadlock which it involves, by transforming the capacity for action into a means… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it. — Zahid Abas Copy Share Image
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. — Chinese Proverb Copy Share Image
The object of reflection is invariably the discovery of something satisfying to the mind which was not there at the beginning of the search. — Ernest Dimnet Copy Share Image
Mirror becomes a razor when it's broken. A stick becomes a flute when it's loved. — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
Blood is a destiny. One's genius descends in the stream from long lines of ancestry. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
If you don't know what you want, you will probably never get it. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
It is mere childishness to expect men to believe as their fathers did; that is, if they have any minds of their own. The… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Longevity is having a chronic disease - and taking care of it. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
As for the excellent little wretches who grow up in what they are taught, with never a scruple or a query, ... they signify… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
On every stem, on every leaf,... and at the root of everything that grew, was a professional specialist in the shape of grub, caterpillar,… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
A good soldier, like a good horse, cannot be of a bad color. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Free competition is worth more to society than it costs. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“I fight with love and kindness as my weapons and compassion as my defense.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
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… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
“If you refuse to use physical force, then you will be at the mercy of your oppressor!” — Segun Magbagbeola Copy Share Image
For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“Helpers in every corner, helpers in every hood. That's how we'll make the move, to reform from rude.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
There are a number of qualities which are important for mental peace, but from the little experience I have, I believe that one of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
