Peter Singer quote — “Were we incapable of empathy — of putting ourselves in the position of…”

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Were we incapable of empathy — of putting ourselves in the position of others and seeing that their suffering is like our own — then ethical reasoning would lead nowhere. If emotion without reason is blind, then reason without emotion is impotent.

Peter Singer Writings on an Ethical Life emotion philosophy reason suffering

Dalai Lama XIV compassion

Lies are terrible things. One could say that the greatest sins afflicting modern society are the proliferation of lies and silence. We lie through our teeth, then swallow our tongu…

Haruki Murakami Hear the Wind Sing lies truth

I think the days of putting your feet up when you're pregnant are long gone. Women who are nine months pregnant now have to work till the bitter end - they don't get to be on TV.

Amy Poehler