"It's not enough to be compassionate. You must act."

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Dalai Lama

#Diversity Quotes #Enough Quotes #Compassionate Quotes

“I'd rather be the king of kids, than the prince of fools.”

Source : FaceBook post by Jack Black from Aug 18, 2013
“The urge to travel feels magnetic. Two of my favorite words are linked: departure time. And travel whets the emotions, turns upside down the memory bank, and the golden coins scatter.”
“In the time of battle the hammocs, together with their bedding, are all firmly corded, and fixed in the nettings on the quarter-deck, or whereever the men are too much exposed to the view or fire of the enemy.”

Source : William Falconer (2012). “Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)”, p.143, BoD – Books on Demand
“Knowledge is one. Its division into subjects is a concession to human weakness.”

Source : Sir Halford John Mackinder (1962). “Democratic Ideals and Reality: With Additional Papers”
“Tis ever thus: indulgence spoils the base; Raising up pride, and lawless turbulence, Like noxious vapors from the fulsome marsh When morning shines upon it.”
“You learn not to mourn every little thing out here, or youâ€™d never, ever stop grieving.”
“Admittedly, repentance is not always easy; I suppose it would not be true repentance if it were. It can also take a longer time than we think or hope. There can be missteps along the way, when we falter or lose heart, but we can reset our course and move forward again, even if it is only one small step at a time. As well as praying for forgiveness, we can also plead for courage, and it will come. If we do so, steady but surely, we will rise from the miry depths of sin and emerge into the sunny uplands of forgiveness and hope.”
“In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to come up to a certain, somewhat indefinite, conventional standard of wealth.”

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