To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most.

To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most.

Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation read more

Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. We may have uneasy sensations from seeing a creature in distress, without pity; but we have not pity unless we wish to relieve him.

Being Lutheran, Mother believed that self-pity is a deadly sin and so is nostalgia, and she had no time for read more

Being Lutheran, Mother believed that self-pity is a deadly sin and so is nostalgia, and she had no time for either

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe.

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.

It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.

Compassion is the only one of the human emotions the Lord permitted Himself and it has carried the divine flavor read more

Compassion is the only one of the human emotions the Lord permitted Himself and it has carried the divine flavor ever since.

Soft pity enters an iron gate.

Soft pity enters an iron gate.