"The way to attain the virtue of mercy lies in our constant awareness of being encompassed by mercy."

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Source : Dietrich Von Hildebrand (2001). “Transformation in Christ”, p.171, Ignatius Press

Dietrich von Hildebrand

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“All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.”

Source : Edmund Burke (1834). “The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: With a Biographical and Critical Introduction, and Portrait After Sir Joshua Reynolds”, p.403
“It is quite fitting that charity should begin at home ... but then it should not end at home; for those that help nobody will find none to help them in time of need.”
“Nothing makes me happier than writing a song that I think is good or that I want to play. Writing songs helps me.”
“I'm just trying to make a good record that my fans will dig.”
“If the denial of death is self-hatred, as it is to deny our freedom and live in fear of death (which is to say, to live in a form of bondage), then the acceptance and affirmation of death is indeed a form of self-love. But I'd want to make a distinction between a form of self-love which is essential to what it means to be human, and a narcissism of self-regard, like Rousseau's distinction between amour de soi and amour propre, self-love and pride.”
“Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.”
“I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice?”
“I use the word nursing for want of a better. It has been limited to signify little more than the administration of medicines and the application of poultices. It ought to signify the proper use of fresh air, light, warmth, cleanliness, quiet, and the proper selection and administration of diet-all at the least expense of vital power to the patient.”

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