Quotes About Empathy

Don't make me guess your intentions, I might conclude it's your intention to leave me clueless and frustrated

Community of interest is the root of justice; community of suffering, the root of pity; community of joy, the root of love,

Feelings do not require justification.

Things may need to be said, but not necessarily heard by the other.

We love people for who they are and how they make us feel. We can usually tolerate their faults and keep them to ourselves, But once we see any reflection of ourselves in their eyes that is not the one we want to see, that we need to see to feel good, the backbone of the love is broken.

The human desire to not be alone in the world is powerful. More powerful, perhaps, than reason or conscience or fear.

Há coisas que talvez tenham de ser verbalizadas, mas não necessariamente ouvidas pelo outro. P102

She waited for one of them to say something that might facilitate a more in-depth conversation, something that might bridge the distance between them; but neither man spoke.

Women survived heartache and disappointment all the time, and daily demands that men could never fathom.

Horses get anxious when their expectations are not met.

Humans exist but humanity doesn't.

Les gens qui aiment retirer la nourriture des lèvres des autres ne veulent jamais nourrir les gens par la suite. Il en est de même pour ceux qui veulent que les autres abandonnent leurs rêves pour leur plaire ou répondre à leurs besoins, ils n'ont jamais de meilleur rêve à offrir.

People who like to remove food from other people's lips never want to feed the people afterwards. It's the same for those who want other people to give up on their dreams to please them or fit their needs, they never have a better dream to offer.

Fairness is man's ability to rise above his prejudices.

Happiness is when someone laughs with you and doesn't laugh at you.

Poetry doesn't speak, but you listen.

Understand the other before judging with your self-esteem.

Your gaze reveals your love only to those who know your soul.

Loud sound does not bother the deaf."

Leaders are, therefore, caretakers of the interests and well-being of those and the purposes they serve.

I spend half my time comforting the afflicated, and the other half afflicting the comfortable.

It all begins, I maintain, with that powerful and underutilized thing called love. God's love for the individual is displayed by those people who reflect his love in their words and deeds. It ultimately gets understood and accepted by the child in poverty, and through that individual's love for others, the world gets changed.

Perhaps you do not understand me because you do not love me.

We must love one another and die