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Very good quotations here, Knight. Thank you for this link.
I particularly liked this one:
“It ill becomes us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings of God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will not practice elementary compassion towards our fellow creatures.” -Mahatma Gandhi
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Very good link, thank-you for posting it. There is much food for thought there.
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Thanks, Noble Knight. I always had a soft spot for Einstein and Schweitzer, who figure amongst the quotes. They were scientists, but not the hard-nosed type. They had hearts full of compassion.
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I have read about Albert Schweitzer, but I have never actually read what he wrote. Thank-you for making me aware of that fact.
I must look for the 'The Extended Circle' by Jon Wynne-Tyson. Is it a book or a set of essays. I am betting that our Toronto Public Library has a copy. We have a very good library system here. Our roads and sidewalks are a mess, but we can put up with that if we have good libraries.
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It is an anthology of humane thought. A mixture of short and medium length quotations. Updated a while back, but the first print edition was over 400 pages.
It is our deeds, the accumulated acts of goodness and kindness that define us and ultimately are the true measure of our worth. Service is the coin of the spirit.
http://holy-lance.blogspot.com