Quotes About Empathy

Kui ma noorem ja mõjutatavam olin, andis isa mulle kord head nõu, mille üle ma siiamaani mõtteid mõlgutan. «Kui sul tuleb tahtmine kedagi kritiseerida,» sõnas ta mulle, «siis tuleta endale meelde, et mitte kõikidel inimestel siin ilmas ei ole neid eeliseid olnud mis sinul.»

Siempre que tengas ganas de criticar a alguien», me dijo, «sólo recuerda que todas las personas en este mundo no han tenido las ventajas que tú has tenido».

He smiled understandingly-much more than understanding. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life.

I believe poor people are good people, except the ones that are mean . . .

Quienes más sufren son quienes menos lo dicen.

you can't have compassion unless you have a certain loyalty to the human race.

The little girl knew if she bit any member of her family, they would get rabies too, and she died without ever having been petted. I cried so hard Mrs. Underwood had to take me to the school nurse.

Seated in a car full of women, squashed between his six-foot landlady and Sybil Underwood, having to listen to them talk nonstop all the way to Atlanta and back, was too much for him to bear.

you just don't know how bad it feels to have people who don't even know you hate you, and for something you had nothing to do with.

But you soon find out they don't want to meet you, they want you to meet them.

Old people need to see children every once in a while," she whispered confidentially. "It lifts their spirits. Some of these real old ladies they have out here just sit in their wheelchairs all hunched over…but when the nurses give them a baby doll to hold, you'd be surprised at how they just sit right up, holding on to their dolls. Most of them think it's their own babies they've got.

Just like two and two always add up to four, kindness and forgiveness is always right, hate and revenge is always wrong. It's a fail-proof system; if you just stick to that one simple rule, why, you couldn't make a mistake if you tried.

She knew that being in love all by yourself was the loneliest, most painful experience known to man—or woman—and there was nothing she could do to help him.

On ne peut reprocher à quelqu'un d'être ce qu'il est.

Just like two and two always add up to four, kindness and forgiveness is always right, hate and revenge is always wrong.

Henry Kissinger once claimed, "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac." As seductive as power can be, psychological studies have shown it deadens the sensitivity of those who wield it. In short, power kills empathy.

Listening is always preferable to talking. Let the other remove his veil, as my grandmother used to say. Give your response time to ripen.

Truly Alice, books are wonderful things; to sit alone in a room and laugh and cry, because you are reading, and still be safe when you close the book; and having finished it, discover you are changed, yet unchanged! To be able to visit the City of Invention at will, depart at will – that is all, really, education is about, should be about.

Truly, books are wonderful things; to sit alone in a room and laugh and cry, because you are reading, and still be safe when you close the book; and having finished it, discover you are changed, yet unchanged!

To do good to one is to do bad to another. But you don't need to hear my excuses. They are the same that everyone makes to themselves when faced with the misery of others; though they would like to do the right thing, they simply fail to do so and look after themselves instead.

his hands. "Just tell me what

Here's to those who have seen us at our best, and seen us at our worst, and can't tell the difference!

Do unto others as you want done to you :O)

I suppose no one truly admits the existence of another person.