Spiritual Gems

Self-pity is always born of self
Self-pity is always born of self-love; but pity for others is not always born of love for its object. It is sometimes a self-regarding shrinking from the sight of pain; sometimes the rich man's contemptuous dole to the pauper. Develop rather God's divine compassion than human pity.

Sri Aurobindo

(527−Thoughts and Aphorisms)