#sympathy — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #sympathy, aggregated by home.social.
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Our situation on this earth seems strange. Every one of us appears here, involuntarily and uninvited, for a short stay, without knowing the why and the wherefore. In our daily lives we feel only that man is here for the sake of others, for those whom we love and for many other beings whose fate is connected with our own.
[Seltsam erscheint unsere Lage auf dieser Erde. Jeder von uns erscheint da unfreiwillig und ungebeten zu kurzem Aufenthalt, ohne zu wissen, warum und wozu. Im täglichen Leben fühlen wir nur, dass der Mensch um anderer willen da ist, solcher, die wir lieben, und zahlreicher anderer, ihm Schicksalsverbundener Wesen.]Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-American physicist
Essay (1932-09), “My Credo [Mein Glaubensbekenntnis]”More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/einstein-albert/201/
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My comforting memorial, Never Forgotten, for CATS. Condolences for cat lovers. A memorial for anyone who loves the kitties they've lost.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/never-forgotten-cat-memorial-the-rainbow-bridge-art-cats-gift-sharon-cummings.html#cat #cats #caturday #kitty #kitties #meow #felines #feline #catmom #catdad #pet #pets #memorials #grieving #grief #bereavement #condolences #sympathy #insympathy #SharonCummingsArt #art #artwork #therainbowbridge #rainbowbridge
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
It can be very dangerous to see things from somebody else’s point of view without the proper training.
Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Hitchhiker’s Guide No. 5, Mostly Harmless, ch. 15 (1992)More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/46078/
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A quotation from Thomas Carlyle
But his [Shakespeare’s] laughter seems to pour from him in floods; he heaps all manner of ridiculous nicknames on the butt he is bantering, tumbles and tosses him in all sorts of horse-play; you would say, with his whole heart laughs. And then, if not always the finest, it is always a genial laughter. Not at mere weakness, at misery or poverty; never. No man who can laugh, what we call laughing, will laugh at these things. It is some poor character only desiring to laugh, and have the credit of wit, that does so. Laughter means sympathy; good laughter is not “the crackling of thorns under the pot.” Even at stupidity and pretension this Shakspeare does not laugh otherwise than genially. Dogberry and Verges tickle our very hearts; and we dismiss them covered with explosions of laughter: but we like the poor fellows only the better for our laughing; and hope they will get on well there, and continue Presidents of the City-watch. Such laughter, like sunshine on the deep sea, is very beautiful to me.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Lecture (1840-05-12), “The Hero as Poet,” Home House, Portman Square, LondonMore about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/82239…
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