"Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery."

-- Edward Gibbon

#Sympathy Quotes #Suffering Quotes #Misery Quotes

“When we pause to think, we are compelled to admit the existence of consciousness as the primal and surest fact. What we know of the great world around is known through our states of consciousness, and if we seem to be living a merely objective life, amidst external things, it is because we have become oblivious of the real nature of experience.”
“Father Break my heart for what breaks yours Give me open hands and open doors Put your light in my eyes and let me see That my own little world is not about me”

Source : Song: My Own Little World, Album: The Story of Your Life, 2010
“One should therefore not rely on mere words, but everywhere search for the intention behind them. (121)”

Source : Edward Conze (1959). “Buddhist Scriptures”, [Harmondsworth, Middlesex ; Baltimore] : Penguin Books
“Your words can permanently influence a life.”
“For me, I want to tell stories that will affect my children in a positive way, that they can be proud of me for working on and doing. I want to be alight in the world. There's enough darkness.”
“You will never let yourself have more money than you think you deserve.”
“I liked money more than going to school.”
“Too many couples break up without understanding the consequences for their families.”

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