Quotes About Empathy

There are many things in this world that trouble me,' she said. 'Do they not trouble you, too?

It is not true we have only one life to love, if we can read, we can live as many lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live us many more lives and as many kind of lives as we wish.

It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

It is not true we have only one life to live…if we can read, we can live as many lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

It is easy to kill. It is equally easy to destroy glass windows. Any fool can do either. Why is it only the wise who perceive that it is wisdom to let live, when even lunatics can sometimes understand that it is better to open a window than to smash the glass?

When one experiences truth, the madness of finding fault with others disappears.

Tears won't saturate the dead and weeping will not raise him from his grave, if he has one. We should do for the living what we are unable to do for the dead.

The relief in speaking is that it translates me into the universal.

To tell you the truth, the world seemed full of sad people – those who slept on the uncovered stoops of shops as well as those who lived in high-rise mansions. The man who walks about on foot worries that he doesn't have decent shoes to wear. The man who rides the automobile frets that he doesn't have the latest model car. Every man's complaint is valid in its own way. Every man's wish is legitimate in its own right.

You would have realized that it wasn't Mumtaz, a muslim, a friend of yours, but a human being you had killed. I mean, if he was a bastard, by killing him you wouldn't have killed the bastard in him; similarly, assuming that he was a Muslim, you wouldn't have killed his Muslimness, but him.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer.

From the Gulistan Be not over much angry with thy slave; Treat him not unjustly, and pain not his feelings. True, thou mayst have bought him for ten direms; But 'twas not by thy power that he was created. There is a tradition of the Prophet--peace be upon him!--that on the day of the resurrection the greatest grief will be when the pious slave is carried to Paradise, and his worthless master is borne away to Hell.

Be thou generous, and gentle, and forgiving; as God hath scattered upon thee, scatter thou upon others.

Dost thou desire that thine own heart should not suffer, redeem thou the sufferer from the bonds of misery.

Were all thy fond endeavours vain To chase away the sufferer?s smart, Still hover near, lest absence pain His lonely heart.

?nsanlar birbirlerini tan?man?n ne kadar güç oldu?unu bildikleri için bu zahmetli i?e te?ebbüs etmektense, körler gibi rastgele dola?may? ve ancak çarp??t?kça birbirlerinin mevcudiyetinden haberdar olmay? tercih ediyor.

Dünyan?n en basit, en zavall?, hatta en ahmak adam? bile, insan? hayretten hayrete dü?ürecek ne müthi? ve kar???k bir ruha maliktir. Niçin bunu anlamaktan bu kadar kaç?yor ve insan dedikleri mahluku anla??lmas? ve hakk?nda hüküm verilmesi en kolay ?eylerden biri zannediyoruz?

?yilik demek kimseye kötülü?ü dokunmamak de?il, kötülük yapacak cevheri içinde ta??mamak demektir.

Bundan sonra aradaki buzu çözmeye, bu insanlar?n birbirlerine kar?? duyduklar? müthi? yabanc?l??? gidermeye imkan yoktu. ?nsanlar birbirlerini tan?man?n ne kadar güç oldu?unu bildikleri için bu zahmetli i?e te?ebbüs etmektense, körler gibi rastgele dola?may? ve ancak çarp??t?kça birbirlerinin mevcudiyetinden haberdar olmay? tercih ediyorlar.

Konu?maya ne lüzum vard?? Bütün güzel laflardan ve ho? insanlardan s?k?lan bu mahluklar?, birbirlerinin sessiz mevcudiyeti, yorgunluk verecek kadar doyuruyordu.

Dünyada hayat?n bir tek manas? varsa o da sevmektir.Hatta mukabele edilmesini bile beklemeden sadece sevmek.Ba?ka bir insan? bahtiyar edebilmek ,kendini bahtiyar edebilmekte daha güç fakat daha insancad?r.Bugün böyle dü?ünenlere saf hatta enayi derler.Fakat ne derlerse desinler ,biz kalbimizin ve kafam?z?n do?ru buldu?u ?eyleri etraf?n ne dedi?ine bakmadan yapmal?y?z.

For even the most wretched and simple-minded man could be a surprise, even a fool could have a soul whose torments were a constant source of amazement. Why are we so slow to see this, and why do we assume that it is the easiest thing in the world to know and judge another?

Ba?kas?na merhamet etmek, ondan daha kuvvetli oldu?unu zannetmektir ki, ne kendimizi bu kadar büyük, ne de ba?kalar?n? bizden daha zavall? görmeye hakk?m?z yoktur...