Pride and pity are closely related. Believing that your life is harder and sadder than everyone else’s is simply a manifestation of clinging to self. When the self develops self-pity, it eliminates any space that others have to feel compassionate.

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
from the book What Makes You Not a Buddhist
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