Quotes About Empathy

A good teacher is one who can understand those who are not very good at explaining, and explain to those who are not very good at understanding.

Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.

To teach is to touch the heart and impel it to action.

I had a wonderful teacher about animal behavior - my dog Rusty. He taught me that animals have personalities, minds, and feelings.

A modern teacher educates children to value their emotions.

My experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we're living with right now.

You can pay people to teach, But you can't pay them to care.

Each of us has a spark of life inside us, and our highest endeavor ought to be to set off that spark in one another.

I just don't know that shame and fear need to be our teachers; rather, compassion, understanding, and love should be our guides.

No man is your enemy, no man is your friend, every man is your teacher.

The giving of love and understanding is an education in itself.

We may not always see eye to eye, but we can try to see heart to heart.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

We think it's about little techniques and tricks, but techniques only take you so far. We need teachers who care about kids, who care about what they teach, and who can communicate with kids.

If they can't learn the way we teach, we teach the way they learn.

If I can get them to think, get them to feel, get them to see, then I've done about all that I can as a teacher.

A good teacher sees the commonality of all human beings and helps each individual find his uniqueness.

An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough.

All relationships are your mirrors and all people are your teachers.

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.

Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It requires long hours, patience, and care.

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.

The bags that teachers carry home symbolize their guilt about the endless care they have to give.

I don't care who the student is, teachers should never be condescending. That should be the first rule in the teacher handbook.