“Each of us is leading a difficult life, and when we meet people we are seeing only a tiny part of the thinnest veneer of their complex, troubled existences. To practise anything other than kindness towards them, to treat them in any way save generously, is to quietly deny their humanity.” PeopleWayHumanityDifficultExistenceKindnessSeeingTreatsComplexesDenyTinyPractiseVeneerDifficult Life Author:Derren Brown
“A diner having a row with a waiter in a swanky restaurant chills the blood in a way that a quarrel over a pizza order elsewhere would never do. Compassion is rarely the custom of the privileged.” WayOrderCompassionBloodRestaurantsCustomsElsewherePrivilegedChillQuarrelsPizzaWaiterDiners Author:Derren Brown
“I’m a big fan of parrots - I think they’re fascinating creatures. Many of them live for longer than us humans and it's interesting to me the way they learn to mimic human voices even though they don't really comprehend what they're saying.” ThinkingWayHumansBigsVoiceInterestingFansCreaturesFascinatingParrotsHuman VoiceComprehendingMimicryMimicking Author:Derren Brown
