Blue-bamboo Quote by Osamu Dazai

“Up to the present man has hardly cultivated sympathy at all. He has merely sympathy with pain, and sympathy with pain is not the…

— Oscar Wilde

“So far as we feel sympathy, we feel we are not accomplices to what caused the suffering. Our sympathy proclaims our innocence as well…

— Susan Sontag

“Laying down one's life to inflict pain on others is not praiseworthy or courageous. Sacrificing oneself to ease the pain of others is true…

— Anita Krishan

The less we parade our misfortunes the more sympathy we command.

— Orville Dewey

“Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. Time is the only comforter.”

— Jules Renard

“I don't have sympathy for people who wrap themselves in injury caused by their inability to deal with personal inadequacies and refusal to learn…

— Nikki Mills

“Grieving is a weakness-too human, too mired in compassion, and we can't repeat that mistake, can we?”

— Steven dos Santos

“Enough pain will keep you humble. Enough grief will keep you compassionate. Enough trouble will keep you strong. Enough hardship will keep you grateful.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“There are advantages to being labeled the victim. You are listened to, paid attention to. Sympathy is bestowed upon you.”

— Jessa Crispin

“No stranger to misfortune myself, I have learned to relieve the sufferings of others.”

— Virgil

“Besides, those whose suffering is due to love are, as we say of certain invalids, their own physicians. As consolation can come to them…

— Marcel Proust

“Crying and hoping that someone will feel pity, is folly. Rise and do something to escape your evil predicament”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana