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237 Sympathetic quotes by 206 unique authors

It is at a time like this, when crisis threatens the stomach, that the French display the most sympathetic side of their nature. Tell them… — Peter Mayle
Society expresses its sympathy for the geniuses of the past to distract attention from the fact that it has no intention of being sympathetic to… — Celia Green
The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded. It is a doctrine alike of the oldest and of the newest… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless! — Joyce Carol Oates
To help us bring benefit to others through our words and actions, it is useful to cultivate an attitude of sympathetic joy in others’ achievements… — Dalai Lama
Holy Week challenges us to step outside ourselves so as to attend to the needs of others: those who long for a sympathetic ear, those… — Pope Francis
If you are open with someone, he will be open with you. If you want love from someone, give your love to him. If you… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
What wonderful and haunting worlds Krys Lee illuminates-a goose for a goose father, a sympathetic wife made bold by her husband's infidelity- all facets of… — Janice Y. K. Lee
I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or… — Conrad Veidt
One who is kind is sympathetic and gentle with others. He is considerate of others feelings and courteous in his behavior. He has a helpful… — Ezra Taft Benson
You know of our sympathetic interest in this country in Iran's desire to control its natural resources. From this point of view we were happy… — Harry S. Truman
Modern science, then, so far from being an enemy of romance, is seen on every hand to be its sympathetic and resourceful friend, its swift… — Richard Le Gallienne
The people of the Third World need our sympathetic understanding and, much more than that, they need our help. We can provide them with a… — Noam Chomsky
A collection of bad love songs, tattered from overuse, has to touch us like a cemetery or a village. So what if the houses have… — Marcel Proust
People between twenty and forty are not sympathetic. The child has the capacity to do but it can't know. It only knows when it is… — William Faulkner
Those who are concerned with the arts are often asked questions, not always sympathetic ones, about the use or value of what they are doing.… — Northrop Frye
In however complex a manner this feeling may have originated, as it is one of high importance to all those animals which aid and defend… — Charles Darwin
Of course, the overwhelming majority of Muslims are not terrorists or sympathetic to terrorists. Equating all Muslims with terrorism is stupid and wrong. But acknowledging… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home. — Sharon Salzberg
Success in dealing with people depends on sympathetic grasp of the other person's viewpoint. — Dale Carnegie
I am generally way out of touch with trends, except now and then I am surprised to find myself leading one, like sympathetic vampires. — Fred Saberhagen
As a result of the Left's sympathetic views of pacifism and because almost no welfare state can afford a strong military, European countries rely on… — Dennis Prager
The dismissive notion that conservatives leak to outlets on the right for ideological reasons ignores the fact that liberals often do the same thing with… — Howard Kurtz
The aid we can give each other is only incidental, lateral, and sympathetic. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A sympathetic person is placed in the dilemma of a swimmer among drowning men, who all catch at him, and if he gives so much… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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