Quotes About Compassion

Gay men must be more effective caregivers to the women in their lives.

I really believe in being egalitarian.

There's a level of love that really dissolves a lot of egotism and self-absorption.

I was called 'Dumbo,' like the elephant, as a child because I couldn't understand things at school.

We are not the only animal that mourns; apes do, and elephants, and dogs. Yet we are the only one that tortures.

I'm human, just like anybody else.

If I can help one family embrace their child and not displace them and throw them out, I'm happy about that.

Embrace the humanity of everyone, especially those you don't understand.

I know there's a lot of emotion going into a fight, but everything in a fight - none of it comes out of an evil heart.

The fact of the matter is that when you're in pain emotionally about your life, the color of your skin does not matter.

But I applaud my parents for they never really put us in hell. Whatever, emotionally, they were going through... they made sure they never took that out at home.

I think everybody needs to be more empathetic.

To be empathetic to everyone around you, I think, is such a powerful thing to hold.

I'm the angriest and most empathetic person you'll ever meet.

To go through the agonizing process of learning how to walk again and write again and speak again makes you much more empathetic to people.

I think when you're empathetic, you're putting yourself in somebody else's shoes, right? It's not about you.

Many really good films allow us to empathize with other lives.

When you truly empathize with someone, you have to take into account all the things that make that person who they are.

You've got to empathize with every character you play.

My school of thought with going into a character is that you have to understand where they come from, and you have to empathize with them.

If you can't empathize with other people, then you will never really be able to write well about them.

I tend to empathize with people, just in general.

We don't always talk about that as a leadership quality. I think what's really important is having empathy, understanding the experiences of how someone is going to experience what you have to say.

I found being a coach in 'The Ultimate Fighter' series hard because I had to care about others. I don't feel a lot of empathy with others. Having kids is going to be a scary one for me - I guess I'm going to have to learn.