"If the knowledge of torture of others makes you sick, it is a case of sympathy... It can be argued that behaviour based on sympathy is in an important sense egoistic, for one is oneself pleased at others' pleasure and pained at others' pain, and the pursuit of one's own utility may thus be helped by sympathetic action."

-- Amartya Sen

#Pain Quotes #Sick Quotes #Religion Quotes

“To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.”

Source : William Faulkner (2011). “Essays, Speeches & Public Letters”, p.101, Modern Library
“Why is it that there's more indignation over a photo of a prisoner with underwear on his head than over the video of a young American with no head at all?”

Source : Zell Miller (2005). “Zell Miller A Senator Speaks Out on Patriotism Values and Character”, p.113, Xulon Press
“You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.”

Source : Alan Alda's commencement speech at Connecticut College in New London, www.graduationwisdom.com. 1980.
“The man of thought who will not act is ineffective; the man of action who will not think is dangerous.”
“How I loathe the servitude people try to hold up to me as being so valuable. I pity the man who is condemned to it, who cannot generally escape it, but it is not the burden of his labor that disposes me in his favor, it is - it can only be - the vigor of his protest against it.”
“We get to experience the same thing in very different ways with different parts of ourselves.”
“It doesn't take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.”
“Given the fact that many thousands of female workers are active in history, it is vital for the trade unions to incorporate them into their movement.”

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