Quotes About Empathy

As a parent, it has been instructive to discover that the deep, instinctive love I feel for my own child is counterbalanced by the antipathy I feel towards other people's children.

Just 'cause you're black folks think you lack,They laugh at you and scorn you too,What did I do to be so black and blue?

Where has his humanity gone? His compassion? Ha. Pissed away in shell holes, that's where.

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

I'm always on the lookout for something good about people. Often months go by.

Writers don't often say anything that readers don't already know, unless its a news story. A writer's greatest pleasure is revealing to people things they knew but did not know they knew. Or did not realize everyone else knew, too. This produces a warm sense of fellow feeling and is the best a writer can do.

If dogs could talk, it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.

When people are convinced you want something FOR them rather than something FROM them, they are less likely to be offended when you challenge them.

How should Jesus-following Republicans and Democrats treat, speak about, and respond to one another? Publicly and privately? The way Jesus treated, spoke to, and responded to those who disagreed with him.

The people closest to you routinely catch the flak thrown off by the explosive stuff you normally work so hard to keep hidden.

People who were nothing like him liked him. And Jesus liked people who were nothing like him.

How we treat, talk about, respond to, and care for one another is the identifying mark of a genuine Jesus follower. Not what we believe.

Kindness is love's response to weakness

Your pain isn't a trophy to show off. It's not a story to tell. It's potentially poison to your soul. To refuse to forgive is to choose to self-destruct.

Patience is the decision to move at someone else's pace rather than pressure him or her to match yours. Patience

you want me to follow you on a journey, you have to come get me. The journey must begin where I am, not where you are or where you think I should be.

patience is simply a way of putting the other person first. Patience is an expression of submission. Your

As followers of Jesus, we should be known as people who like people who are nothing like us.

Love fills the gaps. Love reduces the friction created by our limited insight, knowledge, and judgment-inhibiting experiences. There is much I don't know. There are things I'll never understand. But my ignorance does not impede my capacity to put others first.

Leaders worth following are always careful. They are careful because they genuinely care for those who have chosen to follow. A leader who is careless will eventually be considered thoughtless by those who have entrusted their future to him.

The moment we step into a ring that requires someone to lose in order for us to win, we are no longer followers of Jesus.

Political and ideological alignment is not a prerequisite for carrying one another's burdens. I can love you the way Jesus loved me regardless of who you voted for.

Leaders who don't listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.

If you see your brother in need, it doesn't matter if you already gave somewhere else. You should be open to the idea of God using you to meet your brother's unexpected need.