Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery. 14 more wisdom & wit from Edward Gibbon
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction. 2 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 other quotes from Washington Irving
Grief is only the memory of widowed affections. 2 views from James Martineau
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. 81 other thoughts from William Shakespeare
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. 7 views from Corrie Ten Boom
Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load. 4 wisdom & wit from Charles Henry Parkhurst
And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud. 30 thoughts 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 sayings from Jerome K. Jerome
Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay. 22 more quotes from Robert Browning
Recognition of belligerency as an expression of sympathy is all very well. 3 other quotes 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 quotes 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 quotes 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 other thoughts from Harriet Beecher Stowe
Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink. 2 quotes 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 more quotes from Henry David Thoreau
The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy. 5 other wisdom & wit 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 other quotes from Malcolm Forbes
The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection. 5 sayings 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 other quotes from Jean Giraudoux
All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness. 24 other 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 sayings from Oscar Wilde
Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain. 6 quotes from Lillie Langtry
I joined the Party definitely in 1923 after having already been in sympathy with it before. 4 other views from Fritz Sauckel
Tears are the silent language of grief. 78 other 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 views 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 sayings 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 quotes from Alex Ferguson
Interest does not tie nations together it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them. 19 views from Woodrow Wilson
Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience. 4 quotes 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 wisdom & wit 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 sayings 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 sayings from Dante Alighieri
The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community. 40 quotes from William James
Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine. 20 quotes from Thomas Aquinas
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble. 15 other sayings from Moliere
There is no grief like the grief that does not speak. 26 sayings from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The heart forgets its sorrow and ache. 24 quotes 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 quotes from Thomas More
He bit his lip in a manner which immediately awakened my maternal sympathy, and I helped him bite it. 2 other 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 quotes from Alan Hovhaness