658 Quotes About Sympathy

It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into real life; 'tis rather an embrio state, a preparation for living; a man is not completely born until he be dead: Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals?

'Oh, poor, poor fellow!' said Mrs. Elliot with a remorse that was sincere, though her congratulations would not have been.

To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable.

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 is some danger lest there be no real religion in the heart which craves too much daily sympathy.

He who steps on stones is glad to feel the smallest spray of moss beneath his feet.

No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, and it still hurts very deeply.

In all disappointments sympathy is a great balm.

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.