Sympathy quotes

Sympathy

520 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

520 quotes
Rumi
Rumi Poet, Philosopher

"Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation."

Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou Poet, Memoirist

"Each one of us has lived through some devastation, some loneliness, some weather superstorm or spiritual superstorm, when we look at each other we must say, I understand. I understand how you feel because I have been there myself. We must support each other and empathize with each other because each of us is more alike than we are unalike."

Teresa of Avila
Teresa of Avila Saint, Mystic, Writer

"Let nothing Disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, Though all things pass, God does not change. Patience wins all things. But he lacks nothing who possesses God; For God alone suffices."

Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine Theologian, Philosopher

"What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like."

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"There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love."

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Elie Wiesel Writer, Holocaust Survivor
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"I still believe in man in spite of man. I believe in language even though it has been wounded, deformed, and perverted by the enemies of mankind. And I continue to cling to words because it is up to us to transform them into instruments of comprehension rather than contempt. It is up to us to choose whether we wish to use them to curse or to heal, to wound or to console."

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Aeschylus Playwright
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"He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God."

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"

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"If I can stop one heart from breaking…” Emily Dickinson If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain."

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Albert Einstein Physicist
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"A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."

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C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar
Sympathy

"Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind."

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