“Pity is cruel. Pity destroys.”
“It is noble to pity a man who is cruel because he is weak, but it is idiotic and dangerous to allow him to have power.”
“Cruel people offer pity when they no longer feel threatened. However, kind people offer compassion and understanding regardless.”
“Ah, children, pity level-crossing keepers, pity lock-keepers – pity lighthouse-keepers – pity all the keepers of this world (pity even school teachers), caught between their conscience and the bleak horizon…”
“If there is one thing worse than self-pity, it was other people's pity.”
“I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.”