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Harmony of aim, not identity of conclusion, is the secret of sympathetic life.
Harmony of aim, not identity of conclusion, is the secret of sympathetic life.
A sympathetic heart is like a spring of pure water bursting forth from the mountain side.
A sympathetic heart is like a spring of pure water bursting forth from the mountain side.
Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow
For other's good, and melt at other's woe.
Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow
For other's good, and melt at other's woe.
Our souls sit close and silently within,
And their own web from their own entrails spin;
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Our souls sit close and silently within,
And their own web from their own entrails spin;
And when eyes meet far off, our sense is such,
That, spider like, we feel the tenderest touch.
The more sympathy you give, the less you need.
The more sympathy you give, the less you need.
Of a truth, men are mystically united: a mystic bond of
brotherhood makes all men one.
Of a truth, men are mystically united: a mystic bond of
brotherhood makes all men one.
For I no sooner in my heart divin'd
My heart, which by a secret harmony
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For I no sooner in my heart divin'd
My heart, which by a secret harmony
Still moves with thine, joined in connection sweet.
If thou art something bring thy soul and interchange with mine.
- Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller,
If thou art something bring thy soul and interchange with mine.
- Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller,
Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart
Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart