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I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons cant be learnt in lecture halls. – Lionel Blue

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Early on I saw the repression and idolatry of Stalinism, and when it cracked, I was open to religion again. – Lionel Blue

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During the Second World War, evacuated to non-Jewish households, I encountered Christianity at home and in school. – Lionel Blue

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The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me, and attracted me. – Lionel Blue

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Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of ones soul. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Its no good being nice and young and naive. Theres no good in that at all. Youve got to do it all yourself, and youve gotta learn quick. And you cant look for sympathy either. – Johnny Rotten

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Theres a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administrations problem, which is they would like to get rid of Saddam Hussein and they would like to have the Kurds autonomous. – Les Aspin

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