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Quotes About Sympathy

Ignorance may be bliss, but only if it outweighs curiosity. Curiosity is a gateway drug to sympathy.
~ Victoria Schwab, The Archived
I felt the nauseous shiver in my stomach—everything from rage to empathy to morning sickness—that I had grown used to and now thought of as being love.
~ Olivia Sudjic, Sympathy
Sympathy of victims and humanity of us question the stronghold of integrity towards justice.
~ M.F. Moonzajer
I was on the sidewalk, buffering, wondering if it was okay to follow people in real life.
~ Olivia Sudjic, Sympathy
...and as a result yet today we are unable to distinguish between sympathy and selfishness.
~ M.H. Rakib, The Cavalier
She was limp and pathetic and woozy and I loved her, I realised, even more because I knew how completely it was doomed.
~ Olivia Sudjic, Sympathy
Yeah!' I said again, widening my eyes and nodding slowly but emphatically to show that she had seen into my own symmetrical soul.
~ Olivia Sudjic, Sympathy
Weeping for other people's pain isn't true weeping if it doesn't come from deep down your heart.
~ Auliq Ice
Love is the end of sympathy.
~ M.F. Moonzajer
Sympathy is a characteristic trait of politicians and empathy an emotion of the masses.
~ Amit Abraham
The man who melts With social sympathy though not allied Is of more worth than a thousand kinsmen.
~ Euripides
He watch'd and wept he pray'd and felt for all.
~ Oliver Goldsmith
Rejoice with them that do rejoice and weep with them that weep.
~ Romans
Suddenly I had to laugh. It was like realising you definitely need to projectile vomit when you thought you had it under control in some imprisoning form of public space.
~ Olivia Sudjic, Sympathy
Ultimately, knowing God and reading the Word, it helps with patience with people, understanding, empathy and sympathy that they might not have that I have. If God gave it to me, why not exercise it?
~ Trai Byers
I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is not in their power to help themselves.
~ John Burns
Jesus was the first great teacher of men who showed a genuine sympathy for childhood. When He said "Of such is the kingdom of heaven," it was a revelation.
~ Edward Eggleston
What does sensitive mean exactly? he asked, and I tried to explain it to him as best I could: Let's say you see someone crying, and you don't even know them, but you kind of catch their sadness, it somehow jumped into your heart, and this makes you understand a bit how they feel.
~ Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Even though I did not understand her entire story, I understood her grief.
~ Amy Tan
Whether they will or no, a link is created between two creatures who experience a common emotion.
~ Andre Gide
Derek wished he had more of the right words to offer. But both he and Sloane knew those words didn't exist. So he gave her the only ones he had. I'm so sorry, sweetheart.
~ Andrea Kane
He, who doesn't know why he lives, cannot feel love for people or for life itself. I don't love myself enough, so I don't love people enough. One of my major defects is impatience: I try to get rid of it, but i can't. I am not tolerant enough for my age. I suffer for this, because i can't approach people with sympathy. They annoy me.
~ Andrei Tarkovsky
When the young king had finished his sad story he burst once more into tears, and the Sultan was much moved.
~ Andrew Lang
It is evident everywhere that Paul felt he was a member of a body - a body on which he was dependent for sympathy and cooperation. He counted on the prayers of these churches to gain for himself what otherwise might not be given. To him the prayers of the church were as real a factor in the work of the kingdom as the power of God.
~ Andrew Murray