Quotes About Empathy

Sometimes it's better to reserve judgment Ã¢â'¬Â¦ 

He knew how she felt. Sometimes a body just had to have somebody to talk to. You saw something and you wanted to turn and say, Isn't that beautiful? And there was nobody there.

It is not necessary to travel in order to write good stories; it is only necessary to see, to understand, to reveal.

Once you've read a book you care about, some parts of it always stay with you.

Folks talk a lot about the maternal feeling in women, but they say nothing about man's need to protect and care for someone; yet the one feeling is as basic as the other.

Or do you realize that when any freedom is destroyed for others, it is destroyed for you, too?

was lonely. I had to talk…to write to somebody, and there was no one." "There was. There was me.

Trouble with me was, I was a mighty poor hater. There was satisfaction in winning, but winning would have been better if nobody had to lose. That's the way I've always felt, I guess.

It is often said that one has but one life to live, but that is nonsense. For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived, for fiction, biography, and history offer an inexhaustible number of lives in many parts of the world, in all periods of time.

You must not judge too quickly, he said quietly. Each man deserves to be judged against the canvas of his time and his country.

But if you understand … where there is understanding there is no hate. Outside

It was a pity, he reflected, that the men of good will are so poorly armed, for at times it was a handicap not to hate.

He told me once that happiness was born a twin, that it must be shared. He

Love is different from most things. If I gave my piece of chalk to someone, then I wouldn't have it anymore. But when I give my love to someone, I end up with more love than I started with. The more love you give away, the more you have left.

Sometimes people can learn a lot about each other just by sitting in silence.

Friends stick by each other when one is down. That is a true test of friendship. But sometimes, it is harder to stick by a friend who is up. That is the ultimate test of friendship.

I do not like Jeff from, There's A Boy In The Girls' Bathroom, because in the beginning of the story he was just pretended to be Bradley's friend which I thought was a little rude because Bradley needed a real friend that would help him.

How can he be your friend if you don't like him?

He sat at his desk – last seat, last row – and looked at the chart on the wall next to him. Of course there was no gold star next to his name. He had already done three things wrong: First, he had knocked over a girl and made her cry. Second, he was late getting back to class. And third and worst of all, his name was Bradley Chalkers. As long as his name was Bradley Chalker's, he'd never get a gold star. They don't give gold stars to monsters.

Until he knows he isn't a monster, how is anybody else supposed to know?

If a monster says hello to you, you should say hello to it. If you don't, then I have to wonder which one of you is really the monster.

My heart is breaking." "I can fix that," said Sam. She turned to him. He took hold of both of her hands, and kissed her.

No one's ever brought me flowers before," said Mr. Kidswatter. "You may not believe this, Louis, but I don't have many friends." He put his hand on Louis's shoulder. "You're like a son to me," he said. "And you're a maggot-infested string bean," muttered Louis. "What?" asked Mr. K. "I said, you're a magnificent human being.

Well, it's very distracting when we have to keep saying every card out loud," complained East. "I'm sorry my partner's blindness makes life so difficult for you," said Gloria.