Compassion Quote by William Blake

“Can I see anothers woe, And not be in sorrow too. Can I see anothers grief, And not seek for kind relief. Can I…

— William Blake

Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?

— William Blake

“Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy…

— Anonymous

“Question me now about all other matters, but do not ask who I am, for fear you may increase in my heart it's burden…

— Homer The Odyssey Book 19 115120

Can I see another's woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, And not seek for kind relief? Can I…

— William Blake

“There a painless death awaits him who can no longer bear the sorrows of this life. If death is welcome let him seek it…

— Robert W. Chambers

“Until now I had been able only to grieve, not mourn. Grief was passive. Grief happened. Mourning, the act of dealing with grief, required…

— Joan Didion

“We are so blind that we know neither when to mourn, nor when to rejoice; our mirth and our sadness are nearly always false.”

— Montesquieu

“I can not bear to see such woes of the heart in the eyes of my beloved.”

— Rebekkah Ford

“My particular grief Is of so flood-gate and o'erbearing nature That it engluts and swallows other sorrows, And it is still itself.”

— William Shakespeare

“Grief is different. Grief has no distance. Grief comes in waves, paroxysms, sudden apprehensions that weaken the knees and blind the eyes and obliterate…

— Joan Didion

“Grief is like an ocean. It comes in waves - some waves are bigger than others and you cannot prepare for it.”

— Summer Lane