Counselor Quote by Anatole France

“The sick person becomes very adept at distinguishing between compassion and pity. Compassion is someone else’s suffering flaring in your own nerves. Pity is…

— Christian Wiman

There are two kinds of pity. One, the weak and sentimental kind, which is really no more than the heart's impatience to be rid…

— Stefan Zweig

Pity aims just as little at the pleasure of others as malice at the pain of others Per-Se.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Pity arises when we are sorry for someone.Compassion is when we understand and help wisely.

— Gautama Buddha

Of all the well-meant emotions pity is the cruelest to share.

— Joan Slonczewski

Pity is an emotion equally unpleasant to the bestower as to the recipient.

— Bolesław Prus

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

— Andre Maurois

If pity is akin to love, gratitude is akin to the other thing.

— George Bernard Shaw

Pity is the feeling of well-intentioned people who are unable to act.

— Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Pity can be nearsighted and condescending; shared suffering can be dignifying and life-changing.

— Eugene H. Peterson

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

— Horace Mann

“Pity is a useless emotion”

— Jackson Pearce