Henry David Thoreau Quotes

No man limps because another is hurt.

The anguish I always feel when she's in pain wells up in my chest and threatens to register on my face.

It is perilously easy to have amazing sympathy with God's truth and remain in sin.

A man deep-wounded may feel too much pain To feel much anger.

All change is nothing but a decision. All decisions are controlled by what we link to pain and pleasure.

The reminder that there are people who have worse troubles than you is not an effective pain-killer.

It is simple impertinence for any man, or any body of men, to begin, or to contemplate, reform of the whole world.

Can I see another's woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, And not seek for kind relief? Can I see a falling tear, And not feel my sorrow's share? Can a father see his child Weep, nor be with sorrow filled? Can a mother sit and hear An infant groan, an infant fear? No, no! never can it be! Never, never can it be!

If the knowledge of torture of others makes you sick, it is a case of sympathy... It can be argued that behaviour based on sympathy is in an important sense egoistic, for one is oneself pleased at others' pleasure and pained at others' pain, and the pursuit of one's own utility may thus be helped by sympathetic action.

People are so skillful in their ignorance!

When your fear touches someone’s pain, it becomes pity, when your love touches someone’s pain, it become compassion.

When people appear to be something other than good and decent, it is only because they are reacting to stress, pain, or the deprivation of basic human needs such as security, love, and self-esteem.

Emotions are raised in us, not only by the qualities and actions of others, but also by their feelings. I cannot behold a man in distress, without partaking of his pain; nor in joy, without partaking of his pleasure.

Pity, I've learned, is like a fart. You can tolerate your own, but you simply can't stand anyone else's.

in certain crises direct expression of sympathy is the least possible to those who most feel sympathy.

It is much more easy to have sympathy with suffering than it is to have sympathy with thought.

Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.

One of the principle qualities of pain is that it demands an explanation.

The recognition of pain and fear in others give rise in us to pity, and in our pity is our humanity, our redemption.

Her round, mascara-streaked face looked back at him out of the rear window. He forced a grin and a wave before lighting another cigarette, and reflecting that Lucy's idea of sympathty compared unfavourably with some of the interrogation techniques they had used at Guantanamo.

All personal breakthroughs being with a change in beliefs. So how do we change? The most effective way is to get your brain to associate massive pain to the old belief.

It is my great desire to reform my subjects, and yet I am ashamed to confess that I am unable to reform myself.

Most people go not by argument, but by sympathies.

Peter Noever is a pain in the ass and a joy in the heart.

The glance embroiders in joy, knits in pain, and sews in boredom. When indifferent, the eye takes stills, when interested, movies. Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.