Thomas Browne Quotes

A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry; But were we burdened with light weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain.

What breaks my heart is suffering of any kind.

Because there is something helpless and weak and innocent - something like an infant - deep inside us all that really suffers in ways we would never permit an insect to suffer.

Only the artists interest me whose hearts beat in unison with the poignant misery of the world. If you have not felt that, you have not lived. Pity is essential.

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

Our own sorrows seem heavy enough, even when lifted by certain long-term joys. But watching others hurt is the breaker of most any heart.

In order to be cruel we have to close our hearts to the suffering of the other.

Only the tortured can understand those who have been tortured.

When you see a person you love being affected, suffering, people saying things that aren't true... then it hurts you.

I don't think I ever sit there and think to kick a wound harder.

Present unhappiness is selfish; past sorrow is compassionate.

You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.

Thinking about the suffering of those you hold dear can reduce you to tears; in fact, you could spend the whole day crying.

Now that another is suffering pain at thy hand, trust not that thy heart shall be exempt from affliction.

If the people who hurt us have anger or desperation within them then they suffer. When you see that someone suffers, you might be motivated by a desire to help him not to suffer anymore.

You men have none of you any hearts.' 'If we have not hearts, we have eyes; and they give us torment enough.

Worse than a bloody hand is a hard heart.

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

To exult over the miseries of an unhappy creature is inhuman.

When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.

People in misery is what most important in art.

Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain.

I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer.

Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves.

Nobody really wants to hear about anybody else's injuries. Or how your back feels. Whose back doesn't hurt?