Self-pity is the worst poverty. When a person says, 'I am...' with pity, before he has said anything more he has diminished himself to half of what he is; and what is said further, diminishes him totally; nothing more of him is left afterwards.
Hazrat Inayat KhanIt is a very high stage in the path of love when man really learns to love another with a love that asks no return.
Hazrat Inayat Khan