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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I ad

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. – Abraham Joshua Heschel

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I know the compassion of others is a relief at first. I dont despise it. But it cant quench pain, it slips through your soul as through a sieve. And when our suffering has been dragged from one pity to another, as from one mouth to another, we can no longer respect or love it. – Georges Bernanos

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When your suffering is a little greater than my suffering I feel that I am a little cruel. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances. – Saint Vincent de Paul

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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. – Samuel Johnson

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