Emily Dickinson on compassion
“This is my letter to the world that never wrote to me.”
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Good times are always mutual; that is what makes good times.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson The past is not a package one can lay away.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson There is always one thing to be grateful for – that one is one’s self and not somebody else.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson My friends are my estate.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Heart, we will forget him, You and I, tonight! You must forget the warmth he gave, I will forget the light.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Those who have not found the heaven below, will fail of it above.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson A wounded deer leaps the highest.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Opinion is a flitting thing But Truth outlasts the Sun.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Pardon My Sanity In A World Insane.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson To be alive-is Power.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson We turn not older with years but newer every day.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Till I loved I never lived.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson The Heart wants what it wants – or else it does not care.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Until you have loved, you cannot become yourself.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson
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Lara-LeanLara-Lean I loved you more than love was allowed.
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Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Lao TzuLao Tzu A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama Compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity.
Anais NinAnais Nin Now that I understand that I’m an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.
EminemEminem No matter how much people on the left talk about compassion, they have no compassion for the taxpayers.
Thomas SowellThomas Sowell The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson It is not enough to be compassionate, we must act.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
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