Compassion Quote by David Foster Wallace

“He composed himself inwardly. Sparing the world his awkwardness, hiding vulnerability. Preserving his pride.”

— Julie Anne Long

“He who is concerned only with the purity of his own life ruins the great human relations.”

— Confucius

“Your every ill-thought, secreted hate, cynical and vicious judgment you carry is meant only for you.”

— Bryant McGill

“...over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign".”

— John Stuart Mill

“She lost herself in infinite dismay when she thought of the magnitude of his deception.”

— Henry James

“His single-minded purpose. His unending fury.”

— Stephen King

“He, who thought it necessary to maintain himself in her good graces, strove to console her under her disappointment by committing a little violence…

— Matthew Lewis

“Shaking himself free of pity, he set out to become her waking nightmare, knowing his cruelty may be the only thing capable of saving…

— M.S. Willis

“Indulgent compassion and bending to the will of another had nearly destroyed her.”

— Jamie Beck

“For it was an unjust mirror, this mirror of his soul that he was looking at. Vanity? Curiosity? Hypocrisy? Had there been nothing more…

— Oscar Wilde

“despite his single-minded determination, he forced himself to give her one last opportunity to escape what he could no longer control himself.”

— Johanna Lindsey

“He is prepared, each day, to confront his own self-sabotage.”

— Steven Pressfield