The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party.
Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.
Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of what goes on. It's Stalinism without Stalin.
Like many people, most Libertarians feel empathy and sympathy for less fortunate people. But they know you can't have perfection in a world of limited resources.
What ye have been ye still shall be, When we are dust the dust among, O yellow flowers!
Recognition of belligerency as an expression of sympathy is all very well.
There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.
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.
The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.
In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.
To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.
I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.
AI don't make a big thing out of my race. If you try to preach, people give you a little sympathy and then they want to get out of the way. So you don't preach; you tell the story.
I don't think it's an incredibly radical premise to try and have sympathy for someone who has made a mistake.
A lot of actors find it impossible not to ask for the audience's sympathy. They have a need to twinkle.
Manhattan's probably one of the bluest parts in the country, and Indiana's definitely one of the redder states. I have sympathy for both sides.
Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.
More negatives write than call. It's a cheap shot for me to go on the air with the critical letters or E-mail I get because the reaction of the listeners is always an instantaneous expression of sympathy for me and contempt for the poor critic.
I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with.
It's not very interesting to establish sympathy for people who, on the surface, are instantly sympathetic. I guess I'm always attracted to people who, if their lives were headlines in a newspaper, you might not be very sympathetic about them.
