Quotes About Empathy

I don't care what a man is. I mean, a great artist is like a great doctor. I don't care how racist he is. If he can show me how to operate on a heart so that I can cure a brother, or cure someone else, I don't give a damn what the man thinks; he has taught me something. And that is valuable to me. And that is valuable to others and man as a whole.

The question Who am I? really asks, Where do I belong or fit? We get the sense of that direction -- the sense of moving toward the place where we fit, or of shaping the place toward which we are moving so that it will fit us -- from hearing how others have handled or are attempting to handle similar (but never exactly the same) situations. We learn by listening to their stories, by hearing how they came (or failed) to belong or fit.

Humility and obedience are two painfully misunderstood virtues that are really the arts of listening. Humility involves the refusal to coerce, the rejection of all attempts to control others.

The message of all spirituality is that, in some mysterious way, we are all one—that therefore the joy and the sorrow of any one of us is the joy and the sorrow of all of us.

I'm Not All-Right, and You're Not All-Right, But That's Okay—THAT'S All-Right

As we listen, truly hearing, our understanding of the world changes from a self-centered focus to an other-oriented openness—we come to understand how we are connected

It's nice to have moments when I'm not thinking about me.

The essence of tolerance lies in its openness to difference.

My dear, do you want forgiveness … or an explanation?

The true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.

At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.

If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.

Clarified states of consciousness are contagious.

One psychological consequence of harm-doing is further devaluation of victims…people tend to assume that victims have earned their suffering by their actions or character.

We are most human when love is our motive.

Where there is no love, there is no value for life.

The serving that we are called to requires direct contact. You cannot wash the feet of a dirty world if you refuse to touch it.

True humility can be experienced only when we have come to know our power and use it for the good of others and not for ourselves.

This is what makes Jesus different than the rest of us. After Jesus knew he had all things under his power, he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with a towel that was wrapped around him.

Wisdom understands that it is less important to win a fight or a point than it is to win the person. Wisdom knows that you should never fight against people; you should fight for them.

For the rest of the day I was glad I listened instead of yelled, but I still burned with shame at the thought of what I almost said and at all the occasions I have spoken harshly.

The difference between a beginning teacher and an experienced one is that the beginning teacher asks, How am I doing? and the experienced teacher asks, How are the children doing?

És fàcil, per al qui es troba lliure de penes, donar consell i fer avertiments als qui pateixen.

Believe in the reader and they can connect the dots, if you succeed breathe life into the story