“A hall to die in, and men to bury me. I thank you, my lords … but I spit upon your pity.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
Alas! poor human nature, pity, if hard pressed, degenerates into contempt. — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share Image
O, you have torn my life all to pieces... made me be what I prayed you in pity not to make me… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
What is of most moment of compassion is not feelings of pity but feelings of togetherness. — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
If a man is tongue-tied, don't laugh at him, but, rather, feel pity for him, as you would for a man with… — Abraham Cahan Copy Share Image
“They say God appeared in history and used it for his purposes, but if that was so he had no pity for… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
Compassion is not helpless pity, but an awareness and determination that demands action. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Pity it is we drowse too soon Pity it is we fall asleep Ere our song encompass the height Ere our hand… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
A man without force, is without the essential dignity of humanity. Human nature is so constituted, that it cannot honor a helpless… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
I absolutely love going to parties and love going on trips just as long as they're not pity parties or guilt trips.… — Chantal Dyal Copy Share Image
Beauty plus pity-that is the closest we can get to a definition of art. Where there is beauty there is pity for… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
That is the challenge Companion. To take what has happened to you and learn from it. Nothing is quite so destructive as… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
A whole tree of lightning stood in the sky. She kept looking out the window, suffused with the warmth from the fire… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
Laughter is the great antidote for self-pity, maybe a specific for the malady, yet probably it does tend to dry one's feelings… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
Is there no pity sitting in the clouds That sees into the bottom of my grief? O sweet my mother, cast me… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Compassion and pity are not the same: pity is looking down on someone, feeling sorry for them and offering nothing; compassion is… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Intellectual productiveness is one of the greatest joys - if not the… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
It is a pity to make a mystery out of what should most easily be understood. There is nothing occult about the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“He had no name for it in the language of Ka; there was no name for it because he was the first… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
The Pope, if nothing else, should be a Catholic. If he were to announce that women would make great priests, except it's… — Declan Lynch Copy Share Image
Self-pity, a dominant characteristic of sociopaths, is also the characteristic that differentiates heroic storytelling from psychological rumination. When you talk about your… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
“In some countries, the strictly Progressive man reveals himself to be just as much as if not more prejudiced than the typical… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
In the weeks since I had made the decision to leave my father's house, I had grown up. And I had learned… — Cameron Dokey Copy Share Image
The entire world would perish, if pity were not to limit anger. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
