"Compassion can be roughly defined in terms of a state of mind that is nonviolent, nonharming, and nonaggressive. It is a mental attitude based on the wish for others to be free of their suffering and is associated with a sense of commitment, responsibility, and respect towards others."

-- Dalai Lama

#Attitude Quotes #Commitment Quotes #Responsibility Quotes

“Friends are always friends no matter how far you have to travel back in time. If you have memories together, there is always a piece of your friendship inside your heart.”
“Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.”
“What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?”
“I'd become one of those mistakes you sometimes find in an office, a not unpleasant but mostly unproductive presence bobbing along on the energy tides of others, a walking reminder of somebody's error in judgement.”

Source : Sam Lipsyte (2010). “The Ask: A Novel”, p.7, Macmillan
“It's been crazy trying to tour with a baby. But it's actually working out okay.”

Source : "Caroline Corr of The Corrs". Interview with Billy Amendola, www.moderndrummer.com.
“I came to Rome when it was a city of stone ... and left it a city of marble”
“I have no talent except for being able to enjoy and recognize it in others.”
“I think people tend to live, whether they like it or not, influenced by what's next door to them.”

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