"There is poetry and there is beauty in real sympathy; but there is more - there is action. The noblest and most powerful form of sympathy is not merely the responsive tear, the echoed sigh, the answering look; it is the embodiment of the sentiment in actual help."

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Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 574, 1895.

Octavius Winslow

#Sympathy Quotes #Powerful Quotes #Real Quotes

“What is to be expected of them is not treachery, or physcial cowardice, but stupidity, unconscious sabotage, an infallible instinct for doing the wrong thing.”
“I've always got my eye on my deathbed.”

Source : "Martin Freeman: 'In London our prejudices are more subtle, less lethal'". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. August 28, 2010.
“The destiny of the woman must be shaped to a large extent on her own conception of her spiritual imperative and her place in society.”
“"My swing is too fast" may be the biggest misconception ever. Think about it. If you take a fast, lousy swing and slow it down, all you've got left is a slow, lousy swing. Most people swing too slow, not too fast.”
“I'd rather rely on mother nature's wisdom than man's cleverness”
“no study has brought out any solid evidence that the death penalty deters crime. In fact, Amnesty reports that 'the murder rate in states which use the death penalty is twice that of states which do not, according to FBI statistics.”

Source : Antoinette Bosco (2001). “Choosing Mercy: A Mother of Murder Victims Pleads to End the Death Penalty”
“So let the mind flow like water. Face life with a calm and quiet mind and everything in life will be calm and quiet.”
“10:38 AM - Third period. Kaylee has no class this period. I have no one to kill. Coincidence, or fate?”

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