“Sympathy is no substitute for action.”
“The CorpSeCorps always substituted rumour for action, if action would cost them anything. They believed in the bottom line.”
“Learning more truth is a poor and cheap substitute for stopping and putting into action the truth already learned”
“Such actions are beyond praise: it is the perfume of such sweet and noble human sympathy that makes this wild beasts' cage a world habitable for men.”
“The human route to sympathy or empathy is a clumsy one but it's all we've got. To understand the consequences of our actions we must exercise our imaginations.”
“Like crying wolf, if you keep looking for sympathy as a justification for your actions, you will someday be left standing alone when you really need help.”