"What value has compassion that does not take its object in its arms?" - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

💗 Compassion

“What value has compassion that does not take its object in its arms?”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Feeling sorry for someone from a distance isn't really compassion, is it? Real caring means rolling up your sleeves and actually doing something. Love is a verb.

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“Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.”

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“Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.”

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“One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.”

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“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.”

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“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”

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