“In Lyra’s heart, revulsion struggled with compassion, and compassion won.”
Source: His Dark Materials, The Golden Compass (1995), Ch. 13 : Fencing
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1980s, Letters to the Schools (1981, 1985)
Context: The very nature of intelligence is sensitivity, and this sensitivity is love. Without this intelligence there can be no compassion. Compassion is not the doing of charitable acts or social reform; it is free from sentiment, romanticism and emotional enthusiasm. It is as strong as death. It is like a great rock, immovable in the midst of confusion, misery and anxiety. Without this compassion no new culture or society can come into being. Compassion and intelligence walk together; they are not separate. Compassion acts through intelligence. It can never act through the intellect. Compassion is the essence of the wholeness of life.
Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1979/may/22/the-economy-pay-and-prices#S5CV0967P0_19790522_HOC_260 in the House of Commons (22 May 1979)
1970s