Quotes About Compassion
Those who occasion loss of dignity are hard to forgive.
~ Iris Murdoch
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Love is no respecter of ages, everyone knows that.
~ Iris Murdoch
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Disapproving of things is all right. But you mustn't disapprove of people. It cuts you off.
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How hardening to the heart it must be to do this thing: to change an innocent soaring being into a bundle of struggling rags and pain.
~ Iris Murdoch
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How can we not be dooms to each other?
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He could feel the pain of her heart beating strongly against his own.
~ Iris Murdoch
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He said, 'Forgive me for being a liar and a fool and an utterly worthless man.' Louise replied, 'I love you.' He took her in his arms for a moment and they held each other with closed eyes.
~ Iris Murdoch
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Since she had been looking after him she had felt bound to him by a strange silent love.
~ Iris Murdoch
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She could not bear the tenderness which a dog would evoke, she did not want the pain of another love. She knew how very much, how desperately, she would love her dog; and dogs are vulnerable and short-lived and die.
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Your best friends are in trouble and you say 'of course' and forget them instantly.
~ Iris Murdoch
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We naturally take in the catastrophes of our friends a pleasure which genuinely does not preclude friendship. This is partly but not entirely because we enjoy being empowered as helpers. The unexpected or inappropriate catastrophe is especially piquant.
~ Iris Murdoch
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One can't stop people from killing themselves if they're determined to. It may even be wrong to do so.
~ Iris Murdoch
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Today we will read love poetry. You shall read aloud to me and we will weep together.
~ Iris Murdoch
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But suicides are mysterious, and one must respect their mystery.
~ Iris Murdoch
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Don't be hurt by me. I can't help being hurt —
~ Iris Murdoch
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You're always wanting to be forgiven. What do you want to be forgiven for?
~ Iris Murdoch
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Outsiders who see rules and not the love that runs through them are often too ready to label other people as 'prisoners'.
~ Iris Murdoch
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Ducane knew that Willy had looked forward to this visit. He knew too that the visit was rendering Willy unspeakably miserable.
~ Iris Murdoch
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A human being hardly ever thinks about other people.
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Send anger and hate away. Love them and let them walk on you.
~ Iris Murdoch
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I don't know what love can do for the terrible things of life.
~ Iris Murdoch
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We've all got things to cry about. Don't you think I could drown the world with tears if I started on my own woes?
~ Iris Murdoch
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Onurunuzu kaybetmenize sebep olan insanlar? kolay affedemiyorsunuz.
~ Iris Murdoch
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We're all sinners. We all hurt each other just by existing.
~ Iris Murdoch
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