"An attitude of compassion does not mean looking down on someone, pitying them in their misery. Compassion is based on respect. We discuss life as equals, learn from each other and strive together to improve our lives."

-- Daisaku Ikeda

#Attitude Quotes #Mean Quotes #Compassion Quotes

“It is important to say "sir" at these moments. And if they ever call you by your first-middle-last name, you better watch out. I'm telling you.”
“So when you make an impression in a certain kind of role, that tends to be the type of role that you get offered.”
“One finds many companions for food and drink, but in a serious business a man's companions are very few.”
“I didn't want to feel such love for someone else. I still wanted to be the object of that tidal wave.”
“He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.”
“I've been blessed with the ability to sing, and that has taken me so many places I never would have gone otherwise.”
“Never use the word â€œcheapâ€. Today everybody can look chic in inexpensive clothes (the rich buy them too). There is good clothing design on every level today. You can be the chicest thing in the world in a T-shirt and jeans â€” itâ€™s up to you.”
“The condition of the theater is always an accurate measure of the cultural health of a nation. A play always exists in the present tense (if it is a valuable one), and its music -- its special noise -- is always contemporary. The most valuable function of the theater as an art form is to tell us who we are, and the health of the theater is determined by how much of that we want to know.”

Source : Edward Albee (2009). “Stretching My Mind: The Collected Essays of Edward Albee”, p.63, Da Capo Press

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