- Crazy
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Sympathy Quotes
Gentle words for hard moments.
This page gathers reflections on how people respond to sorrow and loss, including the idea that mourning can sharpen rather than dull the mind. Several lines touch on how we Feel and the value of walking alongside someone rather than past them.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- History
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
In the early days of the Russian Revolution in 1917, I was completely in sympathy with it. I felt that it established a new era in the history of the modern world. I was so overwhelmed by it that, if people made any unfriendly comment, I would vigorously defend it. If people condemned the Communist party, I would speak in its defense.
- Deep
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
My impressions of the Russian Revolution can be divided into two periods. The first period was when I showed deep sympathy. My second period is one of disappointment. This change was the result of close observation on the spot.
- Growth
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I have the greatest sympathy with the growth of the socialist party. I think they understand the evils that surround us and hammer them into people's minds better than we Liberals.
- Loyalty
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Labor should be recognized as entitled to consult with management in the mutual interest. Labor cannot be driven, and business cannot be successful unless the men employed in it are enthusiastic and loyal. That loyalty cannot be obtained with a big stick; it must be based upon fair dealing and sympathy.
- Life
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
IT is mere coincidence that Cooper was born in the year which produced The Power of Sympathy and that when he died Uncle Tom's Cabin was passing through its serial stage, and yet the limits of his life mark almost exactly the first great period of American fiction.
- Look
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Here's my rule: You always want to pay cash for your own books, because if they look at the name on the credit card and then they look at the name on the book jacket, then there's this look of such profound sympathy for you that you had to resort to this. It really is withering.
- Nov 07, 2020
Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.
- Me
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
People love sympathy, people love the underdog. For me, sympathy is not part of my drag aesthetic.
- Equal
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them.
- Attuned
- |
- Nov 07, 2020