Quotes About Empathy

Don't Hate me. Don't Love me. Just be my friend.

Even Lions have compassion some time

You can put your strength down. I'm sitting here with you at your kitchen table. You don't need to say anything.

I'd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me. I'd like to be the help that you've been always glad to be; I'd like to mean as much to you each minute of the day, as you have meant, old friend of mine, to me along the way.

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.

The best way to protect me from your hate, is not to create it.

For all that ye may ever keep is just what you give away, and that you give away is advice, counsel, manner of life you live yourself." The manner in which you treat your fellow man, your patience, your brotherly love, your kindness, your gentleness. That you give away, that is all that ye may possess in those other realms of consciousness.

Did you ever try to pray for somebody? That their lives might be changed?

smile upon those that are downhearted and sad; lift the load from those that find theirs too heavy to bear, in gentleness, in kindness, in long-suffering, in patience, in mercy, in brotherly love. And as ye show forth these to thy fellow man, the ways and the gates of glory open before thee. ?

Then--in correcting the entity--do not ever break the entity's will! Reason with the entity, for the mental ability and aspects will incline to make the entity become stubborn, if there is the attempt to force or to cause the entity to act in any direction or manner "just because." Tell [the entity] why!

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, it doesn't behoove any of us to speak evil of the rest of us

In every person of whatever station look not for things to criticize, but for something you adore in your Creator.

This is harder than it first appears: Try in thine own experience, each; that ye speak not for one whole day unkindly of any; that ye say not a harsh word to any, about any; and see what [such] a day would bring to you . . .

For as we forgive, we are forgiven; as we condemn others, we are ourselves condemned. Thus in patience condemn not, neither find fault; not condoning, not agreeing, but let thine own life so shine that others, seeing thy patience, knowing thy understanding, comprehending thy peace, may take hope.

First, know thine own ideal - spiritual, mental and material; not as to what ye would have others do, but what ye would do for others.

Know that the fault ye find in others is a reflection of a fault in thyself. Be to others just as you would have others be to thee, and ye will remove much of that.

But the less one thinks of self's opinions, and the better listener one becomes, greater may be the opportunities for being of help or benefit to those about the entity.

Anyone can find fault. It is the wise person who finds that which encourages another in the turmoils and strifes of the day.

We were created to look at one another, weren't we

C'est vrai. Voilá quelqu'un qui sent comme moi. (It is true. There is someone who feels as I do).

I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.

I'm sorry for him who cannot hear what the tall trees have to say.

Empathy One is to listen for and be curious about the actual situation or problem that the client is describing.

smart people don't do stupid things for no reason, so one must locate why they are doing something that looks stupid from our point of view but may make sense from their point of view.