Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its self-concern to embrace the whole of the universal self.

Quote by Arnold Toynbee

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I don't believe a committee can write a book. It can, oh, govern a country,...

I don't believe a committee can write a book. It can, oh, govern a country,...

A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.

A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.

Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things:...

Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things:...

Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power...

Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power...

I can not think of any circumstances in which advertising would not be an evil.

I can not think of any circumstances in which advertising would not be an evil.

As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off...

As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off...

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

History is more or less bunk.

History is more or less bunk.

It is by no means improbable that some future textbook, for the use of generations...

It is by no means improbable that some future textbook, for the use of generations...

I am captivated more by dreams of the future than by the history of the...

I am captivated more by dreams of the future than by the history of the...

The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since...

The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since...

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap

It's a very good historical book about history.

It's a very good historical book about history.

All history is only one long story to this effect: men have struggled for power...

All history is only one long story to this effect: men have struggled for power...

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

Lessons taught but never learned, all around us anger burns. Guide the future by the...

Lessons taught but never learned, all around us anger burns. Guide the future by the...

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books

Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in...

Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in...

Yeah, I read history. But it doesn't make you nice. Hitler read history, too.

Yeah, I read history. But it doesn't make you nice. Hitler read history, too.