Condescending Quote by Eugene H. Peterson

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 is often a reflection of our own evils in the ills of others. It is a delicate foresight of the troubles into which…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Pity is a sense of our own misfortunes in those of another man; it is a sort of foresight of the disasters which may…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Self-pity dries up our sympathy for others.

— Mason Cooley

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

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“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 makes suffering contagious.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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

“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

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

— Gautama Buddha

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

— Pramoedya Ananta Toer

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

— Horace Mann