"Compassion also brings us into the territory of mystery - encouraging us not just to see beauty, but perhaps also to look for the face of God in the moment of suffering, in the face of a stranger, in the face of the vibrant religious other."

-- Krista Tippett

#God Quotes #Religious Quotes #Compassion Quotes

“The measure of a manâ€™s character is not determined by how he handles his wins, but how he handles his failures.”
“I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have a responsibility to make the characters large enough that you will not have sinned against them.”
“Do not ask who I am and do not ask me to remain the same: leave it to our bureaucrats and our police to see that our papers are in order. At least spare us their morality when we write.”
“Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.”
“I didn't lie; nobody calls me a liar, I may have increased my age.”

Source : "Last surviving U.S. World War I vet honored by president" by Paul Courson, edition.cnn.com. March 8, 2008.
“Sometimes it feels like you're losing, but even when you're losing, you're getting something.”
“Every application has an inherent amount of irreducible complexity. The only question is who will have to deal with it, the user or the developer (programmer or engineer).”
“I hate bumper stickers, you can't sum anything up. All you do is paint yourself in some caricaturist corner.”

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