Petrarch Quotes

Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he Had a tender heart; this is our noblest quality.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

Compassion does not only refine and civilize human nature, but has something in it more pleasing and agreeable, than what can be met with in such an indolent happiness, such an indifference to mankind, as that in which the stoics placed their wisdom. As love is the most delightful passion, pity is nothing else but love softened by a degree of sorrow: In short, it is a kind of pleasing anguish, anguish as well as generous sympathy, that knits mankind together, and blends them in the same common lot.

I'm not that big, physically. I'm just big where it counts - I got a big heart!

Suffering is part and parcel of extensive intelligence and a feeling heart.

Feel, my children, feel; feel for the poor, the ignorant, the downtrodden; feel till the heart stops and the brain reels and you think you will go mad; then pour the soul out at the feet of the Lord, and then will come power, help and indomitable energy.

God knows, I never want to hurt someone's feelings.

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.

Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.

The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love. What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.

I would never intentionally want to hurt someone's feelings.

Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.

I remember playing John Wayne Gacy, serial killer, very sick, neurotic, screwed-up guy. You know what? There's a part of me there, too, and you explore that.

None of this was written to hurt anybody's feelings.

It's important to determine not just the quality of your mind but the fullness of your heart.

No man limps because another is hurt.

Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.

I guess I feel so tortured most of the time, when I see someone else feeling tortured, I get a little perverse glee out of it.

My belief is that people are innately good and innately do want to help their fellow man.

The heart of Jesus is compassionate and understanding. It has felt the sting of ingratitude, and when my heart suffers from that same offense, I can turn to him, and he understands my feelings.

Do I have a cold heart? Some say.

I have never deliberately tried to hurt someone's sentiments.

I know what it's like to feel distraught as I am an incredibly sensitive guy and feel for anything and everyone in pain, particularly my own sister.