One pities in others only those ills from which one does not feel oneself exempt.[Pitié des infortunés; quand on est témoin de leur mal, on en souffre.]
Compassion was the most important, perhaps the sole law of human existence.[Сострадание есть главнейший и, может быть, единственный закон бытия всего человечества.]
Compassion is the basis of morality.