Quotes on Compensation

The evils of popular government appear greater than they are; there is compensation for them in spirit and energy it awakens.

If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.

Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.

History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.

But then, life is a constant withering of possibilities. Some are stolen with the lives of people you love. Others are let go, with regret and reluctance and deep, deep sorrow. But there is compensation for lives unlived in the intoxicating joy of knowing that the life you have - right here, right now - if the one you have chosen. There is power in that, and hope.