“Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity.”– Mason Cooley Related Quotes “The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one’s own even more, one’s own, for that has been put in our care and we are responsible for its well-being.”– Katherine Anne Porter “Have compassion for people as long as you are one of them too.”— Bryant McGill “Compassion and brutality can coexist in the same individual and in the same moment…”— Primo Levi