Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality. – John W. Gardner
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself; A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. – D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
There are few human emotions as warm, comforting, and enveloping as self-pity. And nothing is more corrosive and destructive. There is only one answer; turn away from it and move on. – Dr Megan Reik
Western laziness…. consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time left to confront the real issues. – Sogyal Rinpoche, Glimpse After Glimpse: Daily Reflections on Living and Dying