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    15 December 2009
    “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle,known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
    Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

    beauty compassion gentleness

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    20 October 2009
    “Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.”
    Clarissa Pinkola Estes

    helping others compassion

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    13 July 2009
    “Why is compassion not part of our established curriculum, an inherent part of our education? Compassion, awe, wonder, curiosity, exaltation, humility - these are the very foundation of any real civilisation, no longer the prerogatives, the preserves of any one church, but belonging to everyone, every child in every school.”
    Yehudi Menuhin

    compassion education

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    07 July 2009
    “I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health. I said, ‘There’s nothing that I can do for you that you can’t do for yourself.’ He said, ‘Oh yes you can. Just hold my hand. I think that that would help.’ So I sat with him a while then I asked him how he felt. He said, ‘I think I’m cured.’”
    Conor Oberst, Bowl of Oranges

    lyrics compassion kindness