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More on the Right Use of Pity
Posted by editormum on 29 January 2006 in Uncategorized | ∞
Either the day must come when joy prevails and all the makers of misery are no longer able to infect it: or else for ever and ever the makers of misery can destroy in others the happiness they reject for themselves. … … The passion of Pity … the ache that draws men to concede […]
On the Misuse of Pity
Posted by editormum on 28 January 2006 in Uncategorized | ∞
Pity was meant to be a spur that drives joy to help misery. But …. It can be used for a kind of blackmailing. Those who choose misery can hold joy up to ransom, by pity. — C.S. Lewis, in The Great Divorce
On Keeping a Positive Attitude
Posted by editormum on 29 December 2004 in Uncategorized | ∞
I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances. — Martha Washington