Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, from “What Makes You Not a Buddhist”

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 Jamyang Khyentse, from “What Makes You Not a Buddhist”