Quotes About Empathy

The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him.

Seriously, my music really does help my acting, and, like, getting in and out of a character from a different lifestyle and writing a song about it. Likewise, my acting inspires the music because I can write a theme that I wouldn't necessarily approach at all in life.

What I like in novels that I read and enjoy is interplay of theme: the mystery of how we seem to be so separate as human beings.

The theme of sisters - of missing sisters, of needing sisters, the special love that sisters share or the antagonism sisters share - is something that is very close to me.

Every human is so layered. And 'Brain,' that theme is about - I'm just such a sensitive person, and I can pick up people's energies.

I need to recognise that everyone is an individual and that the key to a good relationship is to recognise that. This does theme to be a theme in my stand-up as well as my writing!

We need each other, Jack. I don't think there's anyone I counted on more than I did Liz. You, maybe, but you're just not as soft and cuddly.

Grant that I may not so much seek to be understood as to understand.

But isn't it terrific when you're with someone who can bring out your best self? I think that's the sign of a true friend, when they make you feel better when you're with them than you ever had a chance of feeling without them.

He'll be okay now, I think." "Poor John. That was harder on him than me." "The bigger they are…" Mel laughed. Her

Let me seek to understand rather than to be understood. Where there is despair, let me offer hope.

on, Ash," she said. "You have to get a

I don't know the weight of anyone else's burdens—only my own.

Maybe in time Mel would join in, share her secrets. For now, though, she just wanted to hear theirs.

Wanting a woman was something he knew quite well—but wanting to take care of a woman so that she would never hurt, never want, never be afraid or lonely—he had no experience with that. There had been beautiful women in his past; intelligent women, clever women, women with wit and courage and passion, but as far as he could remember, never one like Mel; never before a woman who had everything he'd ever wanted.

Feeling a little sorry for yourself? Do something nice for someone else. Particularly someone you don't know. That will put you right.

I don't have room in my life for hate. I tried it for a while. It didn't work.

There's one thing—when they say they're sorry and ask to be forgiven, that's a big step. I may be a fool, but that's a step worth acknowledging. I put on my body armor, remind myself of the truth of their character, stay cautious and alert, and give them a chance. An apology and an effort are both rare and valuable.

Right away Noah's thought was, You might've sworn off men, but I bet they haven't sworn off you—not with that face and body. Shew. He was starting to feel a little warm. Let me seek to understand rather than to be understood. Where there is despair, let me offer hope. And dear God, could you please get her to cover up that cleavage for a while? "Look,

It's not what you get in life that will make you whole, but what you give.

I should stay to be sure she doesn't have a concussion. And that she doesn't need sex for it. Or just to be there in case she did . . .

Really, the cost didn't matter. No matter what she needed, even if it was the hospital, he'd find a way. He couldn't let her be sick. In less than twenty-four hours, all he really wanted was to see her smile like she had in that old picture Bobby had shown him. He

She sighed deeply. "I really thought about trying to explain them," she said. "And why I really didn't want to—" He reached across the console and picked up her hand, holding it, giving it a squeeze. He smiled and shook his head at her. It's okay, he mouthed silently. He didn't let go of her hand.

Maybe, if you're very nice, I'll let you watch a movie with me." He smiled at her. "I bet they're all girl movies that make you cry." He used his thumb to wipe a tear away from her cheek. "Cameron, everything makes me cry. Haven't you noticed?" "It's pretty normal. Pregnant women cry a lot, whether they need to or not.