Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

sympathy

Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery. 14 quotes from Edward Gibbon

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction. 2 other sayings from Anne Sullivan

The only cure for grief is action. 9 other quotes from George Henry Lewes

The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind. 18 quotes from Washington Irving

Grief is only the memory of widowed affections. 2 other quotes from James Martineau

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. 81 more views from William Shakespeare

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. 7 wisdom & wit from Corrie Ten Boom

Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load. 4 sayings from Charles Henry Parkhurst

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud. 30 quotes from Walt Whitman

It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. It is in our follies that we are one. 7 more wisdom & wit from Jerome K. Jerome

Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay. 22 sayings from Robert Browning

Recognition of belligerency as an expression of sympathy is all very well. 3 sayings from Henry Cabot Lodge

Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as large as Europe. 4 views from Florence Nightingale

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair. 24 other thoughts from Joseph Addison

I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine. 7 wisdom & wit from Kate Smith

One often calms one's grief by recounting it. 15 more quotes from Pierre Corneille

Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good. 7 more wisdom & wit from Harriet Beecher Stowe

Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink. 2 wisdom & wit from W. H. Davies

Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. 18 quotes from Marcel Proust

It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature. 117 thoughts from Henry David Thoreau

The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy. 5 other thoughts from Irving Babbitt

We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living. 5 quotes from Davy Crockett

The more sympathy you give, the less you need. 12 more quotes from Malcolm Forbes

The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection. 5 quotes from Irving Babbitt

You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men. 10 quotes from Max Beerbohm

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism. 24 thoughts from Henri Frederic Amiel

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile. 7 more views from Jean Giraudoux

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness. 24 more thoughts from Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys. 8 views from Alphonse de Lamartine

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world. 100 quotes from Oscar Wilde

Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain. 6 other quotes from Lillie Langtry

I joined the Party definitely in 1923 after having already been in sympathy with it before. 4 quotes from Fritz Sauckel

Tears are the silent language of grief. 78 thoughts from Voltaire

Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps. 32 other quotes from William Blake

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness. 3 quotes from Ivan Turgenev

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest. 52 quotes from George Eliot

I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one. 11 quotes from Aneurin Bevan

I feel sympathy for the working class lad. I've always championed about ticket prices and try to equate that to people's salaries. 2 more wisdom & wit from Alex Ferguson

Interest does not tie nations together it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them. 19 quotes from Woodrow Wilson

Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience. 4 sayings from Evelyn Underhill

When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over. 12 quotes from George MacDonald

Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us. 11 more quotes from Meister Eckhart

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. 56 quotes from Khalil Gibran

Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us. 25 thoughts from Orison Swett Marden

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery. 13 quotes from Dante Alighieri

The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community. 40 more quotes from William James

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine. 20 other quotes from Thomas Aquinas

If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble. 15 sayings from Moliere

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak. 26 quotes from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache. 24 sayings from James Russell Lowell

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it. 73 quotes from Victor Hugo

Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. 5 views from Thomas More

He bit his lip in a manner which immediately awakened my maternal sympathy, and I helped him bite it. 2 more sayings from S. J. Perelman

Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. 29 quotes from Arthur Schopenhauer

It's hard for me to think of others because I'm not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century. 2 more quotes from Alan Hovhaness