Quotes About Empathy

I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. That's the actor's craft - using yourself to create a character.

Please don't give me words; give me a hug. Don't tell me that I'm holding up so well; break down with me and admit our shared wretchedness. Don't feign some bright mountaintop; walk with me through the dark valley where neither of us can utter a word.

No behaviour on our part is more self-centered than the demand to speak and the refusal to listen.

Rather than speaking the truth for the right reasons we may want to make our point defend our position or put the other person down. The truth be told but it should be done at the right time for the right reasons and with the right attitude.

We may feel good about our words our intentions and our motivation may be pure but our message probably will be lost or misunderstood if we overlook how others are going to perceive what we say.

Interruption is basically a self serving and egotistical at. It blatantly states What I have to say is more important than what you have to say.

Disagree but don't argue.

Studies have indicated that the tone of voice may be more important than any other element in our response.

We must eliminate nagging with its complaining and contentious spirit because it focuses attention on self rather than on the other person.

The use of tact is always needful but it is especially necessary when speaking a truth that may strike a sensitive nerve in another.

What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.

When a parent shows up with an attitude of entitlement, understand that under it is a boatload of anxiety.

What my father said about businessmen applies to liberals ... They're sons of bitches. The people who are selfish are interested in their own singular course of action and do not take into consideration the needs or requirements of others and what can ultimately be accomplished.

I did not lie awake at night worrying about the problems of Negroes.

Mithorden: 'He was brilliant, yes, but ready to laugh at himself when he made mistakes. You may not believe it, but he made mistakes often.' Luthiel: 'Why?' She choked around her tears. Mithorden: 'Because he tried to do great things. Anyone can succeed at easy things. But the things Valkire tried were very difficult. He wanted to make things better for people of all races -- for he saw the good in them.

If I could make a dream real, I would not kill anything unless it could never be changed at heart.

There is only one unpardonable sin, and that is to withhold pardon from others.

If you take the view that one of the chief objects in life is to remain in loving relationships with other people, straight-line power becomes useless.

All we have is our humanity and affinities, and the hope that these may be enough in this world ["Saving the Whales"].

Pero yo le podría evitar el sufrimiento, la lucha, el dolor y la tristeza a los que va a tener que enfrentarse. ?Nuestra experiencia es lo único que no podemos ofrecer a los demás. Cada uno tiene que pasar por su propio dolor y pesar para poder encontrar la alegría y la felicidad que hay al otro lado ?le dijo Merlín con dulzura.

Cómo queréis que sea feliz con un hombre que no me entiende? ?¿Cómo esperáis que sea feliz con una mujer que no entiende que no pueda entenderla?

Above all, life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference

There's nothing like surrounding yourself with people who actually like you just the way you are–people who are not trying to improve you, change you, manipulate you, save you, etc. There is a line. On one side of the line are those who will give you the news–good, bad, and indifferent. They care about you and your success. On the other side of the line are those who do not actually care about you and have motives other than true support.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.