Quotes About Empathy

It's nice to be nice, but it can be extremely draining and self-destructive when it mutes our voice, holds us back, and undermines our authenticity.

really true that while we grow physically by what we get, we grow spiritually by what we give. Ever since I became a mother, I've

El rencor es como beber veneno y esperar a que la otra persona muera.   CARRIE FISHER

Imagine how our culture, how our lives, will change when we begin valuing go-givers as much as we value go-getters.

Beware of turning into the enemy you most fear. All it takes is to lash out violently at someone who has done you some grievous harm, proclaiming that only your pain matters in this world. More than against that person's body, you will then, at that moment, be committing a crime against your own imagination.

Son todos vulnerables. Pero tú más que nadie, mi niño, porque te pasarás la vida absorbiendo el dolor de los demás.

Maybe what shame needs to stay alive is the consent of the shamed.

To build a respectful, kind and loving relationship, begin by being respectful, kind and loving to yourself

Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.   Antoine de Saint-Exupery

People know me by the way I live my life, not by the labels I wear, and that means we can hold all sorts of conversations and learn from each other in a way that would not happen if there were the walls of ignorant prejudice between us. --Oisce

Si amas y respetas el mundo que te rodea, no lo maltratas. Cuanta más empatía y simpatía tengas por tu entorno, mejor lo tratarás. Esto está inscrito en la Norma de Oro básica presente en muchas religiones. Es una reciprocidad ética: si tratas con cortesía a los que te rodean, ellos harán lo mismo contigo. Lo que das al mundo, incluyendo los pensamientos, los actos y la energía, regresa a ti.

If you love and respect the world around you, you will not abuse it. The more empathy and sympathy you have for your surroundings, the better you will treat them. This is tied in to the basic Golden Rule found in several religions. It's ethical reciprocity: if you treat those around you with courtesy, they will extend the same to you. What you put out into the world returns to you, and that goes for thoughts, acts, and energy.

to retrain your inner voice to be nurturing. Sometimes thinking of yourself as a child can help. "Did that hurt?" you can ask yourself. "It looks like it did. It's okay. It hurts, but it will be over soon. Hey, look at that pretty butterfly. I wonder where it's going right now?" Just as you'd affirm a child's emotion and then help redirect their attention from the subject that's upsetting them, you can redirect your own focus too.

Most hearth-based house witches gravitate to the path because they feel the need to care for and nurture those who are close to them.

If…if you don't feel anything for me then don't touch me! Don't act like you care!

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all other things in the world

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us.

This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in half.

To love someone is to identify with them.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.

May all beings be well. May all beings be happy. May all beings be free from suffering. May all beings be liberated through the unwavering knowlege of who they truly are.