Quotes About Empathy

To a good man, yes, one who knows her in all her moods, who can laugh at her follies and rejoice in her virtues; who will not allow her to give in to her worst instincts; one who knows her, and who, knowing her, will still love her, and love her as she should be loved.

As soon as two or more people are together there is inevitably conflict, even if they like and respect each other. In order to resolve those conflicts there needs to be good will on both sides, and a willingness to give and take.

Nor let us be resentful when others differ from us. For all men have hearts, and each heart has its own leanings. Their right is our wrong, and our right is their wrong.

Resenting the obtuseness of others is not good ground for shooting oneself in the foot.

The purely rational economic man is, indeed, close to being a social moron.

To live is to be among men and to be among men is to struggle. (From Jose Rizal's letter to his nephew Alfredo or Freding)

On this battlefield man has no better weapon than his intelligence, no other force but his heart. (From Jose Rizal's letter to his nephew Alfredo or Freding)

Admiration, n.: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.

Think twice before you speak to a friend in need

MidÅ'n egy napon gyermeki duzzogásomban meggondolatlanul letéptem kishúgom fülét, anyám korholó szava - Meglepsz, fiam! - annyira szíven ütött, hogy egész éjszaka sírva, álmatlanul hánykolódtam ágyamban, majd anyám lábához vetettem magam, s így kértem bocsánatát: - Ne haragudj, édesanyám, hogy meglepetést okoztam neked!

CONSOLATION, n. The knowledge that a better man is more unfortunate than yourself.

n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

Callous, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.

I could do nothing but hope that Heaven would be more merciful to us all than we are to one another.

Zachwyt nad kim?: serdeczne uznanie, ?e kto? przypomina nas samych.

BORE, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.

When I know your soul, I will paint your eyes

They say the first of my kind was Alasdair, a human raised by hawks. She learned the languages of birds and was gifted with their form.

Words are an unreliable way to measure the heart", she said. "I'm more inclined to trust what I observe rather than what someone tells me.

If you want to know a country, read its writers.

I suppose everyone finds the despotisms of other peoples hard to comprehend.

Nothing to it. You treat folk the way you'd want to be treated, and you can't go far wrong.

The least a leader can do is to share the burdens of his people. I have little other comfort to give them.