"It's compassion that makes gods of us."

--

Dorothy Gilman

#Compassion Quotes

“It is impossible for the mind to remain undisturbed by thoughts, but anyone serious about the matter can certainly permit them entry or drive them away, and although their origin does not lie entirely under our control we can choose to approve of them and to adopt them.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 273), 1895.
“I had a screening in Baltimore where one of the hardest individuals just broke into tears at the end. That's the response you want.”
“In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.”
“Im boyish with a feminine twist. I definitely gravitate toward oversized things like shirts and jackets. I like a good trouser, but then I might mix it up with something more feminine, like a pointy boot or pumps.”
“I don't use recreational drugs, except for cocaine, hallucinogens, and nitrates.”
“What we gain by experience is not worth that we lose in illusion”
“If you don't like the question that's asked, answer some other question.”
“There seems to me to be absolutely no limit to the inanity and credulity of the human race. Homo Sapiens! Homo idioticus!”

Source : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated)”, p.1779, Delphi Classics

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