Psychology Quote by James Joyce

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 may have uneasy feelings for seeing a creature in distress without pity; for we have not pity unless we wish to relieve them.

— Samuel Johnson

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

— Horace Mann

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

“the pity which the spectators then exhibit is in so far a consolation for the weak and suffering in that the latter recognize therein…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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

“We might say that there can be pity in its full-fledged form only where there is also mercy for self: for the self engulfed…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

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 an emotion that can get you killed. The only thing more dangerous is blind hate, and maybe love.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

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

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

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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

— Friedrich Nietzsche