“You will surely smile with me when I say, 'Thank God one can still recognise self-pity as such and not give it any greater dignity than just that.” GivingStillsSelfGreaterDignityPityThank GodRecogniseSelf Pity Book:White Mischief Source: White Mischief
“Let others mock at you, oppose you, when you are under the influence of any passion; do not be in the least offended with those who mock at or oppose you, for they do you good; crucify your self-love and acknowledge the wrong, the error of your heart. But have the deepest pity for those who mock at words and works of faith and piety, of righteousness; for those who oppose the good which you are doing... God preserve you - getting exasperated at them.” HeartSelfChristianPassionInfluenceSelf LoveErrorsPityPreservesAcknowledgeOrthodoxRighteousnessOffendedPietyOrthodox ChristianMock Author:Soren Kierkegaard
“The most effective way to silence our guilty conscience is to convince ourselves and others that those we have sinned against are indeed depraved creatures, deserving every punishment, even extermination. We cannot pity those we have wronged, nor can we be indifferent toward them. We must hate and persecute them or else leave the door open to self-contempt.” WaySelfHateSilenceDoorsCreaturesConsciencePunishmentPityGuiltyConvinceContemptIndifferentDeservingDepravedWrongedExterminationGuilty Conscience Author:Eric Hoffer
“I pity bashful men, who feel the pain Of fancied scorn and undeserved disdain, And bear the marks upon a blushing face, OF needless shame, and self-impos'd disgrace.” MenFeelsSelfPainFacesBearsMarkShamePityScornDisgraceDisdainBlushingBashful Book:Poems Source: Poems
“The path of love has many opponents - fear, self-pity, anxiety, hate, lust, greed, avarice - all the usual freinds.” SelfHatePathAnxietyYogaGreedLustPityOpponentsUsualAvariceSelf PityBhakti YogaPath Of Love Author:Frederick Lenz
“We must bring light to as many people as possible. Who has time to indulge in self-pity or guilt? In advanced self-giving you have no time for this. You just push these emotions out.” PeopleGivingSelfLightEmotionYogaGuiltKarmaPityIndulgeSelf PityIndulge InKarma YogaSelf Giving Author:Frederick Lenz
“The people who ultimately reach their goals are those who don't give up. Instead of wallowing in self-pity or frustration - or throwing in the towel altogether - they explore what didn't work and course-correct.” PeopleGivingSelfCoursesGoalGiving UpPerseverancePityFrustrationThrowingDon't Give UpSelf PityTowelsWallowingThrowing In The Towel Author:Lauren Mackler
“Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow. Awareness of others is a healthy antidote to this self-focus.” WorldSelfWholeProblemSeemsGrowsFocusAwarenessWallHealthySizeWhole WorldPityShrinksAntidoteSelf PityAbsorptionSelf AbsorptionAwareness Of Others Author:Kevin Malarkey
“Self-pity? I see no moral objections to it, the smell drives people away, but that's a practical objection, and occasionally an advantage.” PeopleSelfMoralAdvantageSmellPracticalsPitySelf PityObjections Author:E. M. Forster
“I remember thinking, without pride of self-pity, that I was not rich or poor, that I wasn't good or bad. But that was difficult: to be neither good nor bad. It seemed to me, in the end, the same as being bad.” ThinkingEndsSelfRememberDifficultPoorRichPridePitySelf PityRich Or PoorBeing Bad Author:Alejandro Zambra
“Optimism has always seemed to me the cunning alibi of egoists, anxious to cover up their state of chronic self-satisfaction. They are optimists in order to avoid pitying other men and their misfortune. ~~ Yet pity is a vexed question.” MenSelfStatesOrderOptimismSatisfactionPityMisfortunesAnxiousOptimistCunningCover UpsSelf-satisfaction Book:A diary of my times Source: A diary of my times
“Self-pity is an ignoble emotion, but we all feel it, and the orthodox critical line that it represents some kind of artistic flaw is dubious, a form of emotional correctness.” FeelsKindSelfFormLinesEmotionEmotionalCriticalPityArtisticOrthodoxFlawsSelf PityCorrectnessDubiousIgnoble Book:Songbook Source: Songbook
“Shake off the self-pity, shake off the defeat and get ready for God to do something new. He is going to pay you back for every injustice.” SelfPayReadyInjusticeDefeatPityShakesSomething NewSelf PityPayback Author:Joel Osteen