Quote by Ivan Turgenev
To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound symp

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness. – Ivan Turgenev

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In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or later, it takes what belongs to it. Unconsciously and inflexibly obedient to its own laws, it doesnt know art, just as it doesnt know freedom, just as it doesnt know goodness. – Ivan Turgenev

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Freedom
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Nature creates while destroying, and doesnt care whether it creates or destroys as long as life isnt extinguished, as long as death doesnt lose its rights. – Ivan Turgenev

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Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse? – Ivan Turgenev

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Interest does not tie nations together it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them. – Woodrow Wilson

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Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell. – Joni Mitchell

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A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me Ive reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine. – Kate Smith

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He who has been bitten by a snake fears a piece of string. – Proverb

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Before breaking into music, I had various jobs: forklift driver, driving a courier. But I was forced into working rather than doing it off my own bat because that was my dads way: you got a job and paid your way. – Gary Numan

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Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection. – Lawrence Durrell

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Its amazing… to enjoy the results of your labor. – Michael Rady

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