We need to suffer, that we may learn to pity.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
Pity addresses the perceived suffering, not the whole individual.
Let no one underestimate the need of pity. We live in a stony universe whose hard, brilliant forces rage fiercely.
We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.
Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity.
Pity is a benign form of abuse.
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
There is some suffering that awaits us all.
We need the compassion and the courage to change the conditions that support our suffering. Those conditions are things like ignorance, bitterness, negligence, clinging, and holding on.
Pity is just another form of abuse.