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 But there is one thing which we are responsible for, and that is 
for our sympathies, for the manner read more 
 But there is one thing which we are responsible for, and that is 
for our sympathies, for the manner in which we regard it, and for 
the tone in which we discuss it. What shall we say, then, with 
regard to it? On which side shall we stand? 
A sympathetic heart is like a spring of pure water bursting forth from the mountain side.
A sympathetic heart is like a spring of pure water bursting forth from the mountain side.
 Never elated while one man's oppress'd;
 Never dejected while another's blessed.  
 Never elated while one man's oppress'd;
 Never dejected while another's blessed. 
 If thou art something bring thy soul and interchange with mine.
   - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller,  
 If thou art something bring thy soul and interchange with mine.
   - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, 
 The secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and 
likeness.  
 The secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and 
likeness. 
 The man who melts
 With social sympathy, though not allied,
  Is more worth than a thousand kinsmen.  
 The man who melts
 With social sympathy, though not allied,
  Is more worth than a thousand kinsmen. 
When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.
When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.
 In the desert a fountain is springing,
 In the wide waste there still is a tree,
  And read more 
 In the desert a fountain is springing,
 In the wide waste there still is a tree,
  And a bird in the solitude singing,
   Which speaks to my spirit of thee. 
Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength not my weakness.
Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength not my weakness.