To feel compassion for humanity without lying to yourself about human nature is one of the hardest things you can do. Also one of the most necessary. Compassion tends to make you overlook the worst in people so that you run the risk of caring for them without understanding them; seeing people as they really are, on the other hand, tends to put you face-to-face with their cruelty, their hypocrisy, and their greed so that you run the risk of understanding them without caring for them. This is why it’s hard to combine compassion and a clear view. But to make it through life without sacrificing either your mind or your soul, you have to understand people and care for them at the same time. This is why it’s necessary.
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