Habits Quote by Martha Stout

The most reliable sign, the most universal behavior of unscrupulous people is not directed, as one might imagine, at our fearfulness. It is, perversely,…

— Martha Stout

“After listening for almost twenty-five years to the stories my patients tell me about sociopaths who have invaded and injured their lives, when I…

— Martha Stout

“It is no small pity, and should cause us no little shame, that, through our own fault, we do not understand ourselves, or know…

— Teresa of Ávila

“The indignities of stupidity, and the disappointments of selfish passion, can excite little pity.”

— Jane Austen

“there were people in the world who, for all their gruff arrogance, can, with scarcely a few notes, easily persuade you they are inherently…

— André Aciman

“In fact, because the unself-aware—which includes basically everybody—are impervious to uncharitable perceptions of their underlying motives, all these insights you have into people and…

— Lionel Shriver

“In fact, we are often more interesting and sympathetic as human beings when something has gone wrong than when we are convinced of our…

— Barbara Moses

“Anything exceptional gets crushed by common people with jealousy and ignorance and all their common evils.”

— Corey Taylor

“Sympathy from strangers can be ruinous.”

— Margaret Atwood

“Stop constantly pity other people for how unfortunate and miserable they are, it's unpleasent to hear that repeadetly. A man who do not pity…

— Fergus MacDermott

“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

“Dont pity people who don't pity themselves, it's unpleasant to repeatedly hear how miserable and unfortunate they are.”

— Ilan Grif