Nerves Quote by Anonymous

It is thus only this personal feeling of misery that we get rid of by acts of pity.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

When people are really suffering, and we know they're suffering, that question can be a very difficult one. Inadvertently, I think without anyone meaning…

— Sheryl Sandberg

“So true it is, and so terrible too, that up to a certain point the thought or sight of misery enlists our best affections;…

— Herman Melville

Pity is the feeling which arrests the mind in the presence of whatesoever is grave and constant in human sufferings and unites it with…

— James Joyce

We need to suffer, that we may learn to pity.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Not being untutored in suffering, I learn to pity those in affliction

— Virgil

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

— Gautama Buddha

The recognition of pain and fear in others give rise in us to pity, and in our pity is our humanity, our redemption.

— Dean Koontz

It’s hard to feel hurt or frightened when you’re flooded with pity.

— Lindy West

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

— Eugene H. Peterson

To show pity is felt as a sign of contempt because one has clearly ceased to be an object of fear as soon as…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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