“In Scotland over many years we have cultivated through our justice system what I hope can be described as a 'culture of compassion.' On the other hand, there still exists in many parts of the U.S., if not nationally, an attitude towards the concept of justice which can only be described as a 'culture of vengeance.'” IfsYearsStillsHandsCultureJusticeAttitudeCompassionConceptsScotlandVengeanceJustice System Author:Keith O'Brien
“No great, inspiring culture of the future can be built upon the moral principle of relativism. For at its bottom such a culture holds that nothing is better than anything else, and that all things are in themselves equally meaningless. Except for the fragments of faith (in progress, in compassion, in conscience, in hope) to which it still clings, illegitimately, such a culture teaches every one of its children that life is a tale told by an idiot, signifying nothing.” ChildrenStillsLife IsCultureCompassionMoralPrinciplesTeachProgressConscienceBuiltAll ThingsBottomTalesIdiotMeaninglessFragmentsRelativismMoral PrinciplesSignifying Author:Michael Novak
“We are still working with an incomplete compass. The time is right to bring the full power of genomics to bear on the problem of cancer.” StillsProblemCompassionBearsCancerCompassIncompleteGenomics Author:Francis Collins
“I still arrive, in order to laugh and to cry, to fear and to hope. The rhythm of my heart is the birth and death of all that is alive.” HeartStillsOrderCompassionLaughingAliveCryBirthMy HeartRhythmBirth And Death Book:Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems Source: Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems
“From the Sun I learned this: when he goes down, overrich; he pours gold into the sea out of inexhaustible riches, so that even the poorest fisherman still rows with golden oars. For this I once saw and I did not tire of my tears as I watched it.” StillsCompassionSunSawsSeaTearsGoldRichesGoldenTirePoorestFishermanOar Book:The Portable Nietzsche Source: The Portable Nietzsche