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Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.
-Eric Hoffer
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Compassion Alone Stands Apart From The Continuous

Eric Hoffer
Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.
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In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes- courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, and so on - can be transmuted into ruthlessness. compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us. compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion, even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.
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