But compassion isn’t about solutions. It’s about giving all the love that you’ve got. So give it.
“Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
“Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.”
― Cat’s Eye
― Cat’s Eye
“You can’t ever reach perfection, but you can believe in an asymptote toward which you are ceaselessly striving.”
― When Breath Becomes Air
― When Breath Becomes Air
“Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I'm alive, I must live and be happy.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
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