"Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself."

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Source : "This Week in Fiction: Mohsin Hamid" by Cressida Leyshon, www.newyorker.com. September 16, 2012.

Mohsin Hamid

#Echoes Quotes #Empathy Quotes #Persons Quotes

“Samadhi doesnâ€™t just come of itself; it takes practice.”
“I know that I can forever walk the streets, drive the freeways, and be alive knowing that I created something with someone whom I love so very much that is such a powerful force. I would love for people to hear it the way I hear it [Forest Green].”

Source : "'Songs I Can Sing Ya': An Interview with Andy Kim and Kevin Drew". Interview With Evan Sawdey, www.popmatters.com. February 24, 2015.
“All life deserves respect, dignity, and compassion. All life.”
“I think the trick with knowledge is to â€œacquire it, and forget all except the perfumeâ€ - because it is noisy and sometimes drowns out one's own â€œbrain voicesâ€. The perfume part is important because it will help find the knowledge again to help get to the destinations the inner urges pick.”
“Our spending priorities are clearly in question when we are increasing bond indebtedness on pet projects such as museums while our infrastructure is allegedly failing. Mississippians are spending more on basic needs than ever. They donâ€™t need their state government making that worse.”
“The rottenness of the matter which is the foundation of everything!”
“It is the bourgeoisie which has turned religion into an opium of the people by preaching a God, lord of the heavens only, while taking possession of the earth for itself.”
“Even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.”

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