Quotes About Empathy

Men need to remember that women talk about problems to get close and not necessarily to get solutions.

Wanita senang hatinya bila mempunyai teman yang dapat berbagi kesulitannya. Lelaki senang hatinya bila dapat memecahkan kesulitannya sendirian di guanya.

A woman should not be judged for needing this reassurance, just as a man should not be judged for needing to withdraw.

Fortunately perfection is not a requirement for creating great relationships.

I'm so proud of you that it makes me proud of me. I hope you know that.

It's just that I learned a while ago that the best way to get people to like you is not to like them too much.

The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.

It always shocked me when I realized that I wasn't the only person in the world who thought and felt such strange and awful things.

There is no Them. There are only facets of Us.

If people could see me the way I see myself - if they could live in my memories - would anyone love me?

Come over here so I can examine your face with my hands and see deeper into your soul than a sighted person ever could.

I wanted to know that he would be okay if I died. I wanted to not be a grenade, to not be a malevolent force in the lives of people I loved.

There is only one things in this world shittier than biting it from cancer when you're sixteen, and that's having a kid who bites it from cancer.

the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you

I don't want to force my politics on my readers.

Animal lovers are a special breed of humans, generous of spirit, full of empathy, perhaps a little prone to sentimentality, and with hearts as big as a cloudless sky

A dog has no use for fancy cars, big homes, or designer clothes. A water logged stick will do just fine. A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb. Give him your heart and he'll give you his. How many people can you say that about? How many people can make you feel rare and pure and special? How many people can make you feel extraordinary?

There's no such thing as a bad dog, just a bad owner.

He taught us the art of unqualified love. How to give it, how to accept it. Where there is that, most other pieces fall into place.

Though we cannot expect to be able to think like they thought, or read their minds, or penetrate very deeply into so much that is opaque to us in their culture, we can begin to see that there are other ways of thinking besides our own and begin to identify some of the ways in which we have been presumptuously ethnocentric.

Be silent" (Matt. 20:31; Mark 10:48; Luke 18:39). It is likely that the crowd was aware that Jesus was going to Jerusalem to present himself as king, and they did not want to be delayed by something as seemingly insignificant as a blind man. But Jesus again indicated by his attention that his kingdom is made up of such people.

What you make happen for others, GOD will make happen for you.

It does not require many words to speak the truth.4       ââ'¬Â¢   Words can make a deeper scar than silence can ever heal.5       ââ'¬Â¢   Kind words are short to speak, but their echoes are endless.6

For a relationship to work, you really have to know the person you're involved with. Otherwise it's never going to last.