Sympathy Quotes

"Pierre Curie came to see me and showed a simple and sincere sympathy with my student life. Soon he caught the habit of speaking to me of his dream of an existence consecrated entirely to scientific research, and he asked me to share that life."

"I very much dislike the intolerance and moralism of many Christians, and feel more sympathy with Honest Doubters than with them."

"Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion."

"Wisdom is the quiet space we cultivate between our thoughts, where clarity finally speaks. As a philosopher & thinker, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

"Every day, you have to get up with new energy and new ideas to contribute to pushing the organization forward."

"In the field of wisdom & life, the path to true wisdom begins when we question the certainties we have carried since childhood."

"My dad originally wanted to be a foreign correspondent before he got into politics. We have very similar personalities, so I think I get a lot of that interest from him."

"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them."

"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature."

"I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance."

"Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live."

"Action expresses priorities."

"We seek truth not to change the world around us, but to clarify the lens through which we view it."

"'Fallen Too Far' was my first NYT bestseller. That changed my life."

"I always take my make-up off before bed."

"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous."

"I'm easily entertained."

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

"I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best."

"A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes."

"If we have white persons in the March, we are certain to have trouble with the Communists, and it may not be viewed as a true expression of the Negro's protest."

"Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death."

"I was aiming for an acting career in 40. I never thought I would get recognition so early."

"He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened."

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

"I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy."

"Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for."

"From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate."

"Israelis are the total Jews."

"For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through."