Quotes About Empathy

Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed.

It taught me that . . . there can be no true humility and no true compassion where there is no courage.

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.

My wife is the most awesome person in the universe. She's made this experience much less miserable for me, with her compassion, patience and understanding.

One of the best things I've ever done was take a close look at my mental health and accept that I wasn't doing fine.

She knew that many of my blood relatives had mental illness, but she couldn't or wouldn't connect the dots.

I will never understand why the Internet seems to take away the basic humanity of most people,* and allows—no, enables*—them to say things that they'd never say to another person face-to-face.

Don't be a dick

we in America have done a lot to help people who live with mental illness, we have not done nearly enough to make it okay for our fellow travelers on the wonky brain express to reach out and accept that help.

Wil Wheaton Says: Don't be a dick.

will never understand why the Internet seems to take away the basic humanity of most people, and allows — no, enables — them to say things that they'd never say to another person face to face.

It's painful to recall, but I'm not ashamed, because all those thoughts—which I thankfully don't have anymore, thanks to medical science and therapy—were not my fault any more than the allergies that clog my sinuses when the trees in my neighborhood start doin' it every spring are my fault. It's just part of who I am. It's part of how my brain is wired, and because I know that, I can medically treat it, instead of being a victim of it.

People will listen a great deal more patiently while you explain your mistakes than when you explain your successes.

I am the enemy you killed, my friend.

Her insan?n içsel bir biçimde yaln?z oldu?undan, bu yaln?zl???n kötü bir ?ey olmad???ndan ve bu konuyu konu?mak istemedi?imden, o zaman da susuyorum. Asl?nda bo? laftan ba?ka bir ?ey de?il ama Traudel için bo? laf de?il. Birçok insan?n içsel yaln?zl???n? inatla inkar etti?ini biliyorum. Traudel de bunlardan biri.

?nsan facialar? sadece izleyebilir ama anlayamaz.

?nsan hastal?klar? ile yaln?zd?r ve hastal?klar? ile yaln?z kal?r.

Üzüntümle öylesine kayna?m???m ki" diyorum, "böylesine sarma? dola? bir karde?lik hakk?nda konu?maya al???k de?ilim

We live in a community of people not so that we can suppress and dominate eachother or make each other miserable but so that we can better and more reliably satisfy all life's healthy needs.

Senin Führer'lerin, bütün açlar aras?ndan, k?z?l, beyaz ve kara olan açlar? ay?rt edebiliyor demek. Oysa biz biliyoruz ki insan denen tüm memeli hayvanlar?n açl?k çeken tek bir organ? vard?r...

Kendine dair f?kralar? duyuyor ve ba?kalar?yla birlikte bunlara kahkahalarla gülüyorsun. Kendinle alay etti?inden gülüyor de?ilsin. küçük adama gülüyorsun sen; ama kendine güldü?ünü, gülünecek halde oldu?unu bilmiyorsun. Milyonlarca küçük adam, insanlar?n kendilerine güldü?ünü, gülünecek halde olduklar?n? bilmiyorlar.

Ki?iyi kendin gibi biliyorsun. Yaln?zca al?rs?n sen, vermezsin. Bu nedenle kar?? cinsten biriyle bir arada olup da, onu hemen "becermek" iste?i duymamak kavram? sana nas?l yabanc?ysa, bir kimsenin ya?amdan, "vermek"le tat alabilece?i kavram? da öylece yabanc?d?r.

dokunman?n önemi öyle büyüktür ki, handiyse antropolojik diye tan?mlayabiliriz onu: insan olmak, ona ba?l?d?r. her bireyin hayat?nda iyice diplere at?lm?? bir çapad?r bu tecrübe: dokunuyor ve dokunuluyorsam, duyusal olarak, ruhsal olarak, zihinsel olarak ve ola ki a?k?n anlamda da, ya??yorumdur. Dokunma olmadan hayat? hissedemem. p.17

The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference.