"Don't scrutinize people with a microscope; view them from a comfortable distance. And allow some room for compassion in the space the lies between you."

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your actions live after you till this globe is dissolved; they pass inevitably down as an inheritance from one generation to another. ... decency and integrity, courage and compassion, are always well worth while; they are not lost, but pass on down the generations; we are indeed the heirs of all the ages.

— Phyllis Bentley