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  • William John Bennett
    William John Bennett
    American politician, and political theorist 1943-
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    A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.
  • Bernie Siegel
    Bernie Siegel
    American writer 1932-
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    A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying - but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.
  • George Washington Carver
    George Washington Carver
    American botanist and inventor 1860-1943
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    How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because some day in life you will have been all these.
  • Armistead Maupin
    Armistead Maupin
    American writer 1944-
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    I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers.
  • Andrew Cohen
    Andrew Cohen
    American spiritual teacher 1955-
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    In my experience, men are not necessarily less sensitive or compassionate than women are, and women are not necessarily any less aggressive or competitive than men are - as a matter of fact, often they are more so!
  • Barry Sternlicht
    Barry Sternlicht
    billionaire and the 1960-
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    It is very important that a leader in the hotel industry be both creative, I think, and compassionate.
  • Bea Arthur
    Bea Arthur
    American actress and comedian 1922-2009
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    Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same.
  • Barry Lopez
    Barry Lopez
    American author 1945-
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    No culture has yet solved the dilemma each has faced with the growth of a conscious mind: how to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in all life, when one finds darkness not only in one's own culture but within oneself... There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of a leaning into the light.
    Source: Arctic Dreams
  • Bea Arthur
    Bea Arthur
    American actress and comedian 1922-2009
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    PETA has a proven track record of success. Each victory PETA wins for the animals is a stepping stone upon which we build a more compassionate world for all beings - and we will never give up our fight until all animals are treated with respect and kindness.
  • Myriam Miedzian
    Myriam Miedzian
    American philosopher and author
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    Saving lives is not a top priority in the halls of power. Being compassionate and concerned about human life can cause a man to lose his job. It can cause a woman not to get the job to begin with.
  • Hector Hugh Munro
    Hector Hugh Munro
    British Novelist, Writer 1870-1916
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    Scandal is merely the compassionate allowance which the gay make to the humdrum. Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.
  • Cat Stevens
    Cat Stevens
    British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist 1948-
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    The fact that the Prophet cared for every human being and tried his best to ensure their security in the hereafter must be the most telling of his compassionate and merciful characteristics.
  • Adrienne Rich
    Adrienne Rich
    American Poet 1929-
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    The worker can unionize, go out on strike; mothers are divided from each other in homes, tied to their children by compassionate bonds; our wildcat strikes have most often taken the form of physical or mental breakdown.
  • Robert Frost
    Robert Frost
    American poet 1874-1963
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    There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.
  • Bill Bailey
    Bill Bailey
    English comedian, musician and actor 1965-
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    You knew exactly who the good guys were and who were the bad guys just by the chord: the good guys got a perfect fifth - strong, compassionate - the bad guys got an augmented fourth... Just a semitone, but sometimes in life when you make the wrong choices, it's just a semitone out.
    Source: Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
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