"Human existence is based upon two pillars: Compassion and knowledge. Compassion without knowledge is ineffective; knowledge without compassion is inhuman."

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Source : Victor Frederick Weisskopf, V. Stefan (1998). “Physics and Society: Essays in Honor of Victor Frederick Weisskopf by the International Community of Physicists”, Springer Science & Business Media

Victor Frederick Weisskopf

#Compassion Quotes #Two Quotes #Pillars Quotes

“I think when you're an actor and you're drawing on your emotions all the time, you need to be quite steady.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Exhaustion was pressing upon and overpowering her. "Good-by--because I love you." He did not know; he did not understand. He would never understand. Perhaps Doctor Mandelet would have understood if she had seen him--but it was too late; the shore was far behind her, and her strength was gone. She looked into the distance, and the old terror flamed up for an instant, then sank again.”
“It is very clear from the historical record that without British help neither Wahhabism nor the House of Saud would be in existence today. Wahhabism is a British-inspired fundamentalist movement in Islam. Through its defense of the House of Saud, the US also supports Wahhabism directly and indirectly regardless of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Wahhabism is violent, right wing, ultra-conservative, rigid, extremist, reactionary, sexist, and intolerant.”
“Chicks dig me because I rarely wear underwear, and when I do, it's usually something unusual.”
“I'd like to be an American Catherine Deneuve. She plays beautiful, sensitive, deep parts with a little bit of intelligence behind them.”
“Doubtful prayer is no prayer at all.”
“Books are like truth serum-- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.”

Source : Rodman Philbrick (2015). “Freak the Mighty”, p.16, Usborne Publishing Ltd
“Murder is easy. Comedy is hard.”

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