nothing is more important than empathy for another human being's suffering. Nothing. Not a career, not wealth, not intelligence, certainly not status. We have to feel for one another if we're going to survive with dignity.

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No one is more worthy of your kindness and compassion than you are.

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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. ― George Washington

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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. — William Faulkner

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I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'm a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal rights. I care about human rights. I care about animal rights.

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There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. ― George Washington

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I am not what I ought to be, but by being so much better than my best self, I shall succeed in becoming it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better. ― Sidney Poitier, The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography

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It's said that ignorance is bliss. Ignorance is this: a vine that sneaks up a tree, killing not by poison, but by blocking out its light. ― Amanda Gorman

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What happens when people open their hearts?" "They get better.

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