Quotes About Empathy

Make somebody happy today. Mind your own business.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything every night before you go to bed.

Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.

Make somebody happy today, and mind your own business

Blessed are they who hold lively conversations with the helplessly mute, for they shall be called dentists.

the true measure of a person is how they treat someone who can do them aboslutely no good

when you take fright and add to it ignorance, you get hatred. That's a very unattractive equation.

If you face a delicate situation, don't go into it wearing your spurs or you'll rip it apart. Instead, dress for the occasion. Cloak yourself in diplomacy. Vest yourself in wisdom, and wear a smile.

So much could be solved, she thinks, if we simply held hands with each other more often.

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?" —GEORGE ELIOT

I wouldn't have done that to you"—Edward looks at his uncle and then over at Shay; this applies to her too—"because I know what it's like to be left behind.

that just because you never thought about someone didn't mean they weren't inside you.

It feels unkind that they are shoving their emotions at him when his own sadness and fear are so vast that he has to hide from them.

Take stock of who we are and what we have and then use it for good.

We contain the other, hopelessly and forever.

That's easy. The same thing we all must do. Take stock of who we are, and what we have, and then use it for good.

much could be solved, she thinks, if we simply held hands with each other more often.

Humans need community, for our emotional health. We need connection, a sense of belonging. We are not built to thrive in isolation

I want to know what to do," he hears himself say, and, like the decision to write to the co-pilot's wife, the statement is a relief. He wants to know what to do. She taps the center of his hand. "That's easy. The same thing we all must do. Take stock of who we are, and what we have, and then use it for good.

He hated that his friend had to resume the duty of standing guard over his depression.

Why is it," an old news anchor growls, "that out of all the terrible news in this terrible world, we care so much about this one downed plane and this one little boy?

I'm not saying you have to be vegan," Jordan says, perhaps picking up on his father's melancholy. "If you want to continue to make animals suffer unnecessarily, be my guest.