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
As Christians, our compassion is simply a response to the love that God has already shown us. Steven Curtis Chapman christiancompassiongod Change image and share on social
Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them. Bob Feller angerapparentlybestow Change image and share on social
I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one. Aneurin Bevan alivealtruismcold Change image and 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
Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul. checkconcerndemand share on social
