Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us. Orison Swett Marden developgrievesorrow Change image and share on social
One might expect that the families of murder victims would be showered with sympathy and support, embraced by their communities. But in reality they are far more likely to feel isolated, fearful, and ashamed, overwhelmed by grief and guilt, angry at the criminal-justice system, and shunned by their old friends. Eric Schlosser angryashamedcommunity share on social
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery. Edward Gibbon colddistantmisery Change image and share on social
AIDS had won gays sympathy; they no longer seemed the privileged brats that the general populace had resented in the 1970s. Edmund White 1970saidbrat Change image and share on social
Poetry is partly sympathy, don't you think? If it's any good, it gets people to think about others' points of view. Edwin Morgan goodpartlypeople Change image and share on social
I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with. John Irving behaveconsolefact Change image and share on social
It's hard to penetrate characters who are very cut off and lack empathy and to do it with sympathy. It's so easy to make a damaged character repugnant. Siri Hustvedt charactercutdamage Change image and share on social
Fess up, 'Hunger Games' fans: Does anyone care about Peeta or find him attractive? He's the Ron Weasley of the series: he gets points for callow valor and sympathy for his run of bad luck, but he remains a pasty, earnest bore. Richard Corliss attractivebadbear share on social
This is not a country that has had a tremendous sympathy for poor people, so I think that the notion that somehow we have slipped into an era in which poor people don't matter is not quite the way our history would define it. Faye Wattleton countrydefineera share on social
We all have to announce our full solidarity with the struggle of those seeking freedom and justice in Syria, and translate this sympathy into a clear political vision that supports a peaceful transition to a democratic system of rule that reflects the demands of the Syrian people for freedom. Mohammed Morsi announcecleardemand share on social