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Quotes About Empathy

It should be one of the tests," the old woman said. "Humans are almost always lonely.
~ Frank Herbert
If we cannot adjust our differences peaceably, then we are less than human
~ Frank Herbert
I'm like a person whose hands were kept numb, without sensation from the first moment of awareness—until one day the ability to feel is forced into them. The thought hung in her mind, an enclosing awareness. And I say: "Look! I have no hands!" But the people all around me say: "What are hands?
~ Frank Herbert
Postoje stvari koje rije?i ne mogu objasniti. Moraš ih doživjeti bez rije?i.
~ Frank Herbert
Paul sat back. He had used the questions and hyperawareness to do what his mother called "registering" the person. He had Kynes now—tone of voice, each detail of face and gesture.
~ Frank Herbert
This Duke was concerned more over the men than he was over the spice. He risked his own life and that of his son to save the men. He passed off the loss of a spice crawler with a gesture. The threat to men's lives had him in a rage. A leader such as that would command fanatic loyalty. He would be difficult to defeat. Against his own will and all previous judgments, Kynes admitted to himself: I like this Duke.
~ Frank Herbert
Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.
~ Frank Herbert
Humans must never submit to animals.' "A dry sob shook her. In a low voice, she said: "I've been so lonely." "It should be one of the tests," the old woman said. "Humans are almost always lonely.
~ Frank Herbert
I choose to ally myself against any force which brings humiliation upon humankind.
~ Frank Herbert
The hearts of all men dwell in the same wilderness.
~ Frank Herbert
Don't let a woman's fears cloud your mind.
~ Frank Herbert
Ne možemo li miroljubivo uskladiti naše razlike, ne možemo biti ljudi.
~ Frank Herbert
Za razumijevanje su potrebne rije?i. No neke stvari se ne mogu svesti na rije?i. A neke druge stvari se mogu doživjeti samo bez rije?i.
~ Frank Herbert
Usul, you're crying," Chani murmured. "Usul, my strength
~ Frank Herbert
sift people to find the humans.
~ Frank Herbert
Zulme dair hiçbir kokuyu sevmiyorum.
~ Frank Herbert
If I can't laugh at myself I'm really lost
~ Frank Herbert
Pense no fato de que o surdo é incapaz de ouvir. Sendo assim, será que não sofremos algum tipo de surdez? Que sentidos nos faltam para que não consigamos ver nem ouvir outro mundo a nossa volta?
~ Frank Herbert
mercy was the ability to stop, if only for a moment. There was no mercy where there could be no stopping.
~ Frank Herbert
Tleilaxu eyes were not immune to tears.
~ Frank Herbert
Ocorreu-lhe que a misericórdia era a capacidade de parar, mesmo que apenas por um instante. Não havia misericórdia onde não era possível parar.
~ Frank Herbert
It occurred to her that mercy was the ability to stop, if only for a moment.
~ Frank Herbert
Rules are often an excuse to ignore compassion.
~ Frank Herbert
Why do you think you could do to me what I will not do to you? That is not the way of interdependence." Her
~ Frank Herbert