The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community. – William James
And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud. – Walt Whitman
All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all. – Queen Elizabeth II
We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy. – Richard M. Nixon
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction. – Anne Sullivan
Interest does not tie nations together it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them. – Woodrow Wilson
Sympathy is the first condition of criticism. – Henri Frederic Amiel
When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over. – George MacDonald
You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men. – Max Beerbohm
Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain. – Lillie Langtry
I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one. – Aneurin Bevan
The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection. – Irving Babbitt
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery. – Edward Gibbon
I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and reverses. The world reacted with silence or with mere sympathy when Polish frontiers were crossed by invading armies and the sovereign state had to succumb to brutal force. – Lech Walesa
Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm big heart that dwells within such a rough exterior. – Henry Ossawa Tanner
I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave – and nothing but laughter to console them with. – John Irving
I very much dislike the intolerance and moralism of many Christians, and feel more sympathy with Honest Doubters than with them. – A. N. Wilson
Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion. – Louise J. Kaplan
I joined the Party definitely in 1923 after having already been in sympathy with it before. – Fritz Sauckel
