Emily Dickinson on compassion
“This is my letter to the world that never wrote to me.”
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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 I think of love, and you, and my heart grows full and warm, and my breath stands still. I can feel a sunshine stealing into my soul and making it all summer, and every thorn, a rose.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson That it will never come again is what makes life sweet.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Saying nothing; sometimes says the most.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Life is a spell so exquisite that everything conspires to break it.
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A woman’s compassion and gentleness are often taken for her weakness, never push someone to a point where they have nothing to loose anymore, you only give them a freedom not many know, such people don’t only become dangerous but lethal as well
Kangana RanautKangana Ranaut Compassion is the currency that leads to true wealth.
Jim CarreyJim Carrey Without suffering, there’d be no compassion.
Nicholas SparksNicholas Sparks When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.
Maya AngelouMaya Angelou Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love.
RumiRumi Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
Thich Nhat HanhThich Nhat Hanh I have found that the greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion.
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