Quotes About Empathy

Most of us, when asked to gauge the richness of our lives, think immediately of people. Those who have cried with us, laughed with us, and shaped who we are.

You can't build joy on a feeling of self-loathing.

I don't think being flawed is a bad thing for a character... nor do I think it's a bad thing for a person in life, because that's how we all are.

Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life.

Remember that the people you are talking to are a hundred times more interested in themselves and their wants and problems than they are in you and your problems.

I like the idea of knowing that somebody somewhere made a difference so that your life could be better.

Never assume, no matter how strong the temptation, that other people are low-life lying manipulators without a shred of human decency.

A blessed companion is a book! A book that, fitly chosen, is a life-long friend. A book — the unfailing Damon to his loving Pythias. A book that — at a touch — pours its heart into our own.

Our rewards in life will always be in exact proportion to the amount of consideration we show toward others.

Life works best when we think of people as people.

Do not judge others by your own standards, for everyone is making their way home, in the way they know best.

Whatever life we have experienced, if we can tell our story to someone who listens, we find it easier to deal with our circumstances.

To understand and be understood, those are among life's greatest gifts, and every interaction is an opportunity to exchange them

I don't feel like I can change the world. I don't even try. I only want to change this small life that I see standing in front of me, which is suffering.

He sees very clearly - he damn sure sees through me. It's hard to accept that someone can understand you without wishing you well. At Starling's age it hadn't happened to her much.

Life wants you to serve something more than yourself. When you serve something more than yourself, you are served. It's the most ironic thing in the world.

Life is short, very short, and what are we doing here if not trying to become more generous and loving?

A person may rightfully be happy if in this life he could do a great favor for widows and orphans, could assist support than, and facilitate fate of people.

What an amazing thing to feel known and loved, to feel understood, to walk through life with another person.

Relationships are the only thing that matter in business in life.

Girls see these defined roles they're supposed to follow in life, but when I was a young child, my parents told me I could be anything.

I want to take care of people. I want to help people. The maximum joy that I have is when I can create something that makes someone else's life lighter, brighter, or better.

Perhaps I am just a coward who loves to laugh at life better than I do cry with it. But when I do get to crying, boy, I can roll a mean tear.

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.