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With the exercise of a little care, the nettle could be made useful; it is neglected and it becomes hurtful. It is exterminated. How many men resemble the nettle! He added with a pause: There are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators. — Victor Hugo Les Miserables

The queen hadn't even bothered to say good-bye. She'd just dashed for the injured Fae warrior, his name like a prayer on her lips. Rowan. — Sarah J. Maas Queen of Shadows

She made a creche outside the Inn. The natives thought it was wonderful, and Sister Honey was gratified by their numbers. 'Why have the devils with wings come to mock at the poor baby?' asked the children, pointing to the angels. 'The baby is the Number One Lord Jesus Christ,' Ayah told them. 'But he hasn't any clothes on! Aren't they going to give Him anything? Not a little red robe? Not a bit of melted butter?' — Rumer Godden

How quickly compassion invades noble hearts! — Geoffrey Chaucer Canterbury...

It takes so little to make a child happy that it is a pity, in a world so full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts. — Louisa May Alcott Little Men

The living deserve attention, too — Alice Sebold The Lovely Bones

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity. — Brene Brown I Thought It Was...

He has tried to end his life twice. Once Archie brought him back. Now I have done the same. We have interfered in what doesn't concern us. He belongs to himself and is at his own disposal. Or else what are we? Richard Crawford, holding his brother's wrist gently and lowering it, turned to him. 'We are,' he said, 'at least no less than the animals. We are members of a race, and of a kingdom, and of a family. The world has borrowed his strength often enough: can we not lend him ours when he needs it?' — Dorothy Dunnett Checkmate

I went away and cried to the Master of the Universe, What have you done to me? A mind like this I need for a son? A heart I need for a son, a soul I need for a son, compassion I want from my son,...

It is curious what patches of hardness and tenderness lie side by side in men's dispositions. I suppose he has some test by which he finds out whom Heaven cares for.

Britain had an air of careless supremacy which GALLED her neighbors.

When I save, I lay something aside for future need. If I sense God's leading, I will give it away to meet greater needs. When I hoard, I'm unwilling to part with what I've saved to meet others' needs,...

Are we truly obeying the command to love our neighbor as ourselves if we're storing up money for potential future needs when our neighbor is laboring today under actual present needs?

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