“No society is complete without some victim, a creature to pity, to jeer at, to scorn or to protect.” SocietyProtectCreaturesVictimPityScorn Author:Honore de Balzac
“Jesus expressed intense anger toward those who where immoral, such as the self-righteous Pharisees, but he never suggested that they were demonized. Toward the demonized, however, he never expressed anger; rather he exhibited only compassion. As Langton notes, "Pity rather than anger characterizes the attitude of Jesus toward the possessed...He treats them as if they were the victims of an involuntary possession." Indeed, he treats them as though they are casualties of war. For, in his view, this is precisely what they are.” IfsWarSelfJesusViewsAttitudeCompassionTreatsVictimNotesPossessionIntensePityRighteousPossessedImmoralCasualtiesSelf RighteousInvoluntaryPharisees Book:God at War: The Bible & Spiritual Conflict Source: God at War: The Bible & Spiritual Conflict
“America overflows with specious "victims" demanding redress for spurious grievances. However, one genuinely oppressed minority is getting overdue relief. Beginning with spring training in Arizona and Florida, Major League Baseball, taking pity on traumatized pitchers, is directing umpires to enforce the strike zone.” AmericaMajorsSpringTrainingConceptsBaseballVictimStrikesPityDefinedLeagueReliefMinoritiesZoneFloridaOppressedPitcherUmpiresArizonaGrievanceOverflowMajor LeagueOverdueRedressMajor League BaseballSpring Training Author:George Will
“Multiculturalism is a campaign to lower America's moral status by defining the American experience is terms of myriad repressionsand their victims. By rewriting history, and by using name calling ("Racist! Sexist! Homophobe!") to inhibit debate, multiculturalists cultivate grievances, self pity and claims to entitlements arising from victimization.” SelfAmericaNamesTermMoralCallingClaimsVictimCampaignsDebatePityRacistAmerican HistoryMulticulturalismDefiningEntitlementSelf PityGrievanceSexistRewritingVictimizationName CallingHomophobesRevisionismRewriting History Author:George Will
“There is a kind of misguided pity that deals gently with false teachers at the expense of their victims.” KindDealsTeacherVictimPityExpensesMisguided Author:Max Anders
“[The kidnapping] happened 14 years ago, and I didn't talk about it for ten years because I was too embarrassed. I was too scared. I thought, People are gonna judge me, they're gonna pity me, and I don't want that. Because I'm not a victim - I'm a survivor.” PeopleWantYearsHappenedJudgingTenYears AgoVictimScaredPitySurvivorEmbarrassedKidnappingJudge Me Author:Frida Farrell
“Self pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.” GivingSelfRealityPleasureVictimAddictionPityDestructiveSelf PityMomentaryPharmaceuticalNarcotics Author:John Gardner
“Pity is like a knife, sometimes, and it may pierce one who employs it more shrewdly than the victim it would save.” MaySometimesVictimPityKnivesPierce Author:Edwin Arlington Robinson
“Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate this evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.” PeopleWorldInspirationalShouldHumansHeartChildrenLongWholeEarthPainSufferingEvilHeavenPovertyLonelinessCrySonMy HeartVictimBurdenWhole WorldPityHuman LifeEchoesHelplessOld PeopleFamineMockeryOppressorsAlleviate Book:Autobiography Source: Autobiography
“Just because you're an adult doesn't mean you're grown up. Growing up means being patient, holding your temper, cutting out the self-pity, and quitting with the righteous indignation.' 'Why do so many people seem to love righteous indignation?' 'Because if you can prove you're a victim, all rules are off. You can lash out at people. You don't have to be accountable for anything.” PeopleIfsMeanSelfSeemsGrowing UpCuttingGrowingProveAdultsVictimPatientQuittingPityTemperRighteousSelf PityIndignationLashesRighteous Indignation Book:Humans of New York Source: Humans of New York