Benevolence Quote by Woodrow Wilson

“the feeling of distress is the root of benevolence, therefore a benevolent man is ever mindful of those who are suffering and in distress.”

— Inazo Nitobe

True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.

— Joseph Addison

Those who show pity and are always ready to help during times of trouble are seldom the same ones who rejoice in our joy:…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

It is by a wise economy of nature that those who suffer without change, and whom no one can help, become uninteresting. Yet so…

— F. H. Bradley

“Benevolence will always overcome evil”

— Brooke Bida

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

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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

Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity.

— Jose Marti

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

People are never helped in their suffering by what they think for themselves, but only by revelation of a wisdom greater than their own.…

— Carl Jung

Some people bear great burdens with grace; others suffer minor inconveniences in misery.

— Michael J. Knowles

Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.

— William Makepeace Thackeray