"My hunch, for what it's worth, is that most of us probably find it much, much harder than we realize to really imagine what catastrophe is like. I have a hunch that we all labor under this rather convenient illusion that if we read about the Syrian refugee crisis, we can imagine what it feels like to set off from your home and your life with all your possessions in two bin liners. We all think that we can imagine that and my guess is that none of us have got a clue."

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Source : "Decca Aitkenhead on Empathy and Memory". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 15, 2016.

Decca Aitkenhead

#Home Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Refugee Crisis Quotes

“There are few humanities that could surpass in discipline, in beauty, in emotional and aesthetic satisfaction, those humanities which are called mathematics, and the natural sciences.”
“He who hesitates, meditates horizontally”
“When cyclones tear up Oklahoma and hurricanes swamp Alabama and wildfires scorch Texas, you come to us, the rest of the country, for billions of dollars to recover. And the damage that your polluters and deniers are doing doesn't just hit Oklahoma and Alabama and Texas. It hits Rhode Island with floods and storms.”

Source : "It Only Took Five Minutes for Democrats to Politicize the Oklahoma Tornado". "The Rush Limbaugh Show" with Rush Limbaugh, www.rushlimbaugh.com. May 21, 2013.
“To me, skating should look effortless even when you're doing the hardest of elements.”
“Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.”
“Everyone has been taught that technique is an application of science.... This traditional view is radically false. It takes into account only a single category of science and only a short period of time”
“Men rattle their chains-to manifest their freedom.”
“If kindness has falseness at its base, it is no longer kindness. It is labored courtesy.”

Source : Piero Ferrucci (2007). “The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life”, p.34, Penguin

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