Quotes About Sympathy

The world laughs at another man's pain.

A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.

It is usually the case with most men that their nature is so constituted that they pity those who fare badly and envy those who fare well.

To each his suff'rings: all are men, / Condemn'd alike to groan, / The tender for another's pain; / Th' unfeeling for his own.

Scenes of blood and cruelty are shocking to our ear and heart. What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear.

These poor rich men, we anglers pity them perfectly.

The most sympathetic of men never fully comprehend woman's concrete situation.

It was humanly impossible to extend to seven billion people the full sympathy that each of them deserved.

Some of them, out of habit, looked at him soberly; etiquette dictated that you give all sympathy to the oppressed.

I learn something I didn't know about the human body : if your mom cries, you cry.

There can be no understanding without that sympathy which puts us, through the imagination, and (another's) situation.

Sometimes there would be someone else out there, someone she didn't know, but when they saw each other each would nod, as if making a secret pact. No question, no small talk..agreed

I love autumn, Emily said to me. It wins you over with its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.

I understand, Ira.

She's a cautious one, he observed. Kiss her once, and she seemed to question it all. But allow her to lead, and the caution seemed to fade. He knew she was trying to figure him out, trying to match his story to the man she saw sitting across from her. But there was no mistaking the sympathy on her face the moment she realized how similar they were.

Now I understand how Noah must have felt. Can you believe this storm? I've got puddles all over my kitchen.

We don't help people mourn in our society.

A person has already made the effort once they open a paper or turn on the news. They want to know what's going on in the world around them. That, in itself, shows they care. But the problem is, most people say, 'That's terrible,' and then move on. Because they find it too difficult to look at.

If somebody comes up to me, it's because they're moved by something I'm moved by. I've never taken a job I didn't love... So when somebody's coming up to me, or they're writing, they're in the same space I am in.

Often, if I read a story and I'm moved, I have an understanding for a character and I don't really know why.

Alzò per un momento lo sguardo verso di noi, poi si produsse in quel gioco di prestigio che sin dalla notte dei tempi ha fatto sì che il genere umano prendesse in simpatia la capra, emettendo contemporaneamente un rutto e una scoreggia.

You love tenderly and warmly, but your love is like friendship. That's why you have good friends, you're sociable, sympathetic toward people. Until this dissatisfaction comes over you-you know what I'm talking about. Then you become moody, can even repulse people who are close to you, even people who love you, you know why. Those are bad times when everything goes cold, and they follow the times of great love...

I'm so sorry," he said. "I wish they'd let you two regenerate. I'll keep asking them, I assure you." She gave him a fleeting smile. "Persistence is futile

If you allowed yourself to hear or feel amusement, you would hear and feel pain.