"Sympathy is the first condition of criticism."

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"I'm in total sympathy with Dick Smith's sentiments; I only wish there were grounds for saying we Australians would never tolerate such appalling treatment of refugees being carried out in our name."

Hugh Mackay, Australian Psychologist

Sympathy, Being, Name, Saying

"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."

Charles E. Trevelyan, British Politician

Sympathy, People, Growth, Liberals

"In externals we advance with lightening express speed, in modes of thought and sympathy we lumber on in stage-coach fashion."

Frances E. Willard, American Activist

Sympathy, Thought, Fashion

"Recognition of belligerency as an expression of sympathy is all very well."

Henry Cabot Lodge, American Politician

Sympathy, Expression

"The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community."

William James, American Philosopher

Sympathy, Community

"But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people--first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

Sympathy, Existence, Happiness, Life

"I have to have a character worth caring about. I tend not to start writing books about people I don't have a lot of sympathy for because I'm just going to be with them too long."

Richard Russo, American Novelist

Sympathy, People, Character, Books

"Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience."

Evelyn Underhill, English Writer

Sympathy, Kindness, Patience

"The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy."

Irving Babbitt, American Critic

Sympathy, Knowledge, Stress

"Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them."

Ben Elton, British Comedian

Sympathy, Feeling, Resentment, Victims

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"Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy."

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"I'm in total sympathy with Dick Smith's sentiments; I only wish there were grounds for saying we Australians would never tolerate such appalling treatment of refugees being carried out in our name."

"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."

"In externals we advance with lightening express speed, in modes of thought and sympathy we lumber on in stage-coach fashion."

"Recognition of belligerency as an expression of sympathy is all very well."

"The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community."

"But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people--first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy."

"I have to have a character worth caring about. I tend not to start writing books about people I don't have a lot of sympathy for because I'm just going to be with them too long."

"Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience."

"The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy."

"Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them."

Explore more quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel

"Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion."

"Charm is the quality in others, that makes us more satisfied with ourselves."

"Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies."

"There is no respect for others without humility in one's self."

"Uncertainty is the refuge of hope."

"Order is power."

"Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life."

"Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy."

"Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence."

"To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius."