Quotes About Empathy

Being Kind Not in some great deed of heroism; not in some great speech or act that may be pointed to with pride-but rather in the little kindnesses from day to day.

By seeing the beauty in every face we lift others into their wisest self and increase the chances of hearing a synchronistic message.

No time is better spent than that spent in the service of your fellow man.

What you react to in others, you strengthen in yourself.

You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.

We are not cistern made for hoarding, we are channels made for sharing.

If you strive to make yourself in such a way that nobody can help loving you, life will blossom, everything will yield.

In order to attract and maintain romantic and spiritual partnerships, you must be what it is that you're seeking. That is, you always need to put forth what you want to attract.

One's spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one's fellow beings.

When one begins to really feel into the spiritual dimension of their beings, they bump into love. They bump into compassion. They bump into beauty.

What is a loving heart? A loving heart is sensitive to the whole of life, to all persons; a loving heart doesn't harden itself to any persons or things.

Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It's the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else's pain is as meaningful as your own.

Developing the muscles of the soul demands no competitive spirit, no killer instinct, although it may erect pain barriers that the spiritual athlete must crash through.

It is possible that the contemplation of cruelty will not make us humane but cruel; that the reiteration of the badness of our spiritual condition will make us consent to it.

Man can no longer live his life for himself alone. We realize that all life is valuable and that we are united to all this life. From this knowledge comes our spiritual relationship to the universe.

I invite you to not only love each other more but love each other better.

Every time we watch over one another, godlike qualities of love, patience, kindness, generosity, and spiritual commitment fill the souls of those we visit and enlarge our souls as well.

I have come to believe that giving and receiving are really the same. Giving and receiving - not giving and taking

When attention is given to the spiritual aspect of one's life, it brings a sense of belongingness, and responsibility, compassion and caring for the whole of humanity.

The unique personality which is the real life in me, I cannot gain unless I search for the real life, the spiritual quality, in others.

When people are like each other they tend to like each other.

Don't get angry. Try not to speak roughly or use harsh words.

You are a piece of creation. If you go against any other piece of creation, you are unknowingly going against yourself.

There is one thing that freezes a musician more than the deadliest physical cold, and that is the spiritual chill of an unresponsive audience!