"You can have compassion for someone who is suffering and try to help this person but if your relationship with mankind is only one of compassion, it is only another form of contempt and it prevents feelings like admiration, empathy which to my mind are much more positive."

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Source : Source: www.mantlethought.org

Pascal Bruckner

#Compassion Quotes #Empathy Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“I know Rick [Monday] has done a lot of good things as a player and as a person. But what he did for his country, he will be remembered for the rest of his life as an American hero.”
“Being in Christ, and united to Him, is the fundamental constitution of a Christian.”

Source : Thomas Goodwin (2000). “Christ Our Mediator”, p.350, Sovereign Grace Publishers,
“You have to wipe yourself down, to stay clean. If ya' girl clean, and ya' thoughts clean, wipe 'em down. Wipe 'em down man.”

Source : Source: djbooth.net
“The only thing you're taking out of here is your spirit and your soul, so we need to be conscious to try and develop that part of ourselves, because we're all spiritual creatures.”
“The things I've bought from strangers in the dark would curl your hair.”
“After Brexit referendum, our country faces major challenges. Risks to the economy and living standards are growing. The public is split.The government is in disarray. Ministers have made it clear they have no exit plan, but are determined to make working people pay with a new round of cuts and tax rises.”
“I always challenge myself. I get out in deep water and I always try to get back. But I get hung up. The audience never knows, but that's when I smile the most, when I show the most ivory.”
“It hurts to want everything and nothing at the same time.”

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