Quotes on Sympathy

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.

A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical or biological necessity I see in them, whatever metaphorical truth, I cannot accept them as credible explanations of reality; and they are incredible to me in proportion to the degree that they require my belief in positive human attributes and intervenient powers in their divinities.

There are some situations which men understand by instinct, by which reason is powerless to explain; in such cases the greatest poet is he who gives utterance to the most natural and vehement outburst of sorrow. Those who hear the bitter cry are as much impressed as if they listened to an entire poem, and when th sufferer is sincere they are right in regarding his outburst as sublime.

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.

And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile.

To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground.

I know for certain that we never lose the people we love, even to death. They continue to participate in every act, thought and decision we make. Their love leaves an indelible imprint in our memories. We find comfort in knowing that our lives have been enriched by having shared their love.

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.

A human life is a story told by God.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.

Pierre Curie came to see me and showed a simple and sincere sympathy with my student life. Soon he caught the habit of speaking to me of his dream of an existence consecrated entirely to scientific research, and he asked me to share that life.

We need to strengthen such inner values as contentment, patience and tolerance, as well as compassion for others. Keeping in mind that it is expressions of affection rather than money and power that attract real friends, compassion is the key to ensuring our own well-being.

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.

The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature: only then can he see clearly.

Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us, not the sort of silence that is filled with unspoken criticism or hard withdrawal. The sort of silence that is a place of refuge, of rest, of acceptance of someone as they are. We are all hungry for this other silence. It is hard to find. In its presence we can remember something beyond the moment, a strength on which to build a life. Silence is a place of great power and healing.