Quote by Barbara Kingsolver
Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. Its the capa

Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. Its the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone elses pain is as meaningful as your own. – Barbara Kingsolver

Other quotes by Barbara Kingsolver

Peoples dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. Its what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around. – Barbara Kingsolver

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Dreams
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I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. And living on the border between Mexico and the U.S. for so many years gave me a lot of insight into that. – Barbara Kingsolver

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Experience
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Ive always seen the world through the eyes of a scientist. I love the predictable outcomes that science gives us, the control over the world that that can render. – Barbara Kingsolver

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Science
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Other Quotes from
War
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I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies. – Sheryl Crow

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War

I had seen people who had lost everything and everyone they loved to war, famine, and natural disasters. – Chelsea Clinton

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War

The condition of man… is a condition of war of everyone against everyone. – Thomas Hobbes

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War

All oppression creates a state of war. – Simone de Beauvoir

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War

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I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play. – Herb Alpert

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Morning

The filth and noise of the crowded streets soon destroy the elasticity of health which belongs to the country boy. – Rutherford B. Hayes

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Health

Imagine what will happen to this nation if large numbers of American women start using the Wonderbra. It will be catastrophic. The male half of the population will be nothing but mindless drooling Zombies of Lust. Granted, this is also true now, but it will be even worse. – Dave Barry

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Men

Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble we are trying to preserve the foundations on which peace may be rebuilt. – Woodrow Wilson

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Peace