Quotes About Empathy

When terrorism strikes, divisive anger is a natural response.

I want to eliminate the basis of problems and basis of crime, and basis of terrorism.

Very often when we talk about war, conflict or terrorism, we talk about it very politically. We forget that there are people involved.

I'm trying to get the terrorist out of the bugaboo category and into the category of a fellow human being.

Every terrorist should know before they hurt a Jew that his family will also be hurt.

No one is born a terrorist, but the route to become one is surprisingly easy. We need to listen to those who have been there, and those who have made their way back, if we want to stop others from taking their first steps down this same path into darkness.

My heart is heavy for the people of Paris, Beirut, and other nations affected by ISIS terrorists.

I competed in a test round of 'Kitchen Casino.' I feel like it's good to know what the competitors are going through.

I've learned that to expose yourself, to reveal yourself is a test of your humanness.

The only animals that we test on are the two of us and our kids.

The New Testament is about loving other people as you love yourself. That means caring for them and looking after them and being kind to them.

We never know who we are going to be until we are tested, but perhaps we can test ourselves without going to the extremes of war. Perhaps we can be kinder now, live with less now, reach out to others now - and build an inner reserve of a strong identity that will hold us up even when everything else falls away.

We should not forget what it felt like to watch Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testify, and what it meant to so many of us.

As a reporter, I spent a great deal of time in court. During brief breaks in testimony, I would often look at the spouse, usually the wife, of the accused. I began to wonder how listening to the details of a crime purportedly committed by your spouse would affect that person's view of her husband.

A poem can provide testimony. A poem can provide solace. It can provide a connection.

It's in poor taste to question anyone's illness diagnosed through specific testing by their doctor.

130. "Não é justo pedir aos outros o que você mesmo não está disposto a fazer.

Are you listening or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

Fiction is about intimacy with characters, events, places.

The power of healing comes through the wound. If the physician is healed, he will lose his power to heal others.

As he choked back more tears, James realised that every time he lashed out it was him that got hurt most.

James had learned something about girls: if you want them to like you, don't worry about buying gifts, or saying the right thing, or where to take them. What you need to do is grab the nearest brat and stick it on your lap.

The feeling of not being understood and of not understanding the world is no mere accompaniment of first passion, but its sole non-accidental cause. And the passion itself is a panic-stricken flight in which being together with the other means only a doubled solitude.

A wise man listens when he has no words to speak.