The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
It is in Rousseau's writing above all that history begins to turn from upper-class honour to middle-class humanitarianism. Pity, sympathy and compassion lie at the centre of his moral vision. Values associated with the feminine begin to infiltrate social existence as a whole, rather than being confined to the domestic sphere. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
According to your sympathy, you will take pleasure in your own happiness or in the happiness of other people but it is always your own happiness you seek. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>