Quote preview background for Walter Brueggemann
Compassion constitutes a radical form of criticism, for it announces that the hurt is to be taken seriously, that the hurt is not to be accepted as normal and natural but is an abnormal and unacceptable condition for humanness.
Walter Brueggemann
Turn into a Quote Card

Quote Detail

Compassion constitutes a radical form of criticism, for it announces that the hurt is to be taken seriously, that the hurt is not to be accepted as normal and natural but is an abnormal and unacceptable condition for humanness.

Quick Answer

What this quote page tells you

This canonical quote page keeps the full saying, the attributed author, any linked work, and the topic tags together so the quote can be cited from one stable URL.

Related Quotes

More quote cards from the same area

"

Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they look for a place to dump it. And if you let them, they__l dump it on you. So when someone wants to dump on you, don__ take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Believe me. You__l be happier.

DP
David J. Pollay

The Law of the Garbage Truck: How to Respond to People Who Dump on You, and How to Stop Dumping on Others