Quotes About Empathy

Having abandoned the taking of life, refraining from killing, we dwell without violence, with the knife laid down, scrupulous, full of mercy, trembling with compassion for all sentient beings.

As you travel though life, offer good wishes to each being you meet.

Life, I fancy, would very often be insupportable, but for the luxury of self compassion.

I said to myself that I shall try to make my life like an open fireplace, so that people may be warmed and cheered by it and so go out themselves to warm and cheer.

We must make working life more human.

Be kinder than necessary.

Never resist a generous impulse.

The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships. The quality of your business is no different.

It's more important to me to get an e-mail that says, 'I saw your page and it changed my life,' than how many hits the page got.

Continue practice into everyday life with a single meditation, always keeping in mind the intention to help others in all activities, eating, dressing, sleeping, walking, or sitting.

Like books, the Internet has saved my life. It helped me recognize that so many people I adore suffer from the same things I do.

No, you can't go getting mad at people because they're shitty. Life will get mad at them, don't worry.

I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.

I do know without fear of contradiction what the definition of life is and it is 12 words long. 'Life is defined by how much you improve the lives of others.'

My life has changed. I'm not walking around any more wishing I wasn't me, which was the case at one time.

I spent the next fifteen minutes convincing a crying werewolf that I wasn't going to hurt her. My life was getting too strange, even for me.

Yet, Jesus is selfless in the way He gives His life away for you. So if your gaze is on Him, you will treat others as He is treating you.

The very first step in nonviolence is that we cultivate in our daily life, as between ourselves, truthfulness, humility, tolerance, loving kindness.

I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death rather than kill him.

People ask me what book politicians should read. They should read the life of Mahatma Gandhi.

I don't understand how people can take a gentle, loving life and treat it with such cruelty.

As well as being one of the worst things that can happen to a human being, schizophrenia can also be one of the richest learning and humanizing experiences life offers.

What's interesting about subscribing to a life of giving is that you become addicted.

It is a great moment in every freak's life when he or she finds out that at least they are not the only one.