Quotes About Empathy

Abolir la barrera entre el lector y el personaje: he ahí la fuerza de una novela.

Observó a los presentes en la sala y pensó que a veces el silencio se puede reflejar en los ojos de las personas.

Consideras amigos tuyos a las personas a las que tratas?

Y si nos ofenden, ¿no nos vengamos? Si somos como vosotros en lo demás, también nos pareceremos a vosotros en esto. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, El mercader de Venecia

Lo que no comprendieron al comienzo es que tenían un nexo común que iba más allá de su sorprendente pelo rojizo. Cada una de ellas, a su manera, era vulnerable.

For them the Ceylon diver held his breath,And went all naked to the hungry shark;For them his ears gush'd blood; for them in deathThe seal on the cold ice with piteous barkLay full of darts; for them alone did seetheA thousand men in troubles wide and dark:Half-ignorant, they turn'd an easy wheel,That set sharp racks at work, to pinch and peel.

As to the poetical character itself… it is not itself—it has no self—it is every thing and nothing… It has as much delight in conceiving an Iago as an Imogen.

The crown of theseIs made of love and friendship, and sits highUpon the forehead of humanity.

We read fine things but never feel them to the full until we have gone the same steps as the author.

Don't judge a person till you've walked a mile in his shoes.

Misery loves company, particularly when she is herself the hostess, and can give generously of her stores to others.

The only care That I shall share Shall be the care of others, And on the road I'll halve the load Of overburdened brothers. I rather guess It's selfishness That drives me to such actions, For in this plan I find I can Forget my own distractions.

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.

Your personality as the prime minister feeds through to what you emphasise, and what you don't, how you'll handle a situation - whether you've got the combination of intelligence or instincts to adapt and to make good decisions.

To love is to listen, to listen is to learn, and to learn is to live

Life is cruel enough without unnecessary brutality. Fight it.

Wars were not made by generations and their special stupidities, but that wars were made instead by something ignorant in the human heart.

I knew that part of friendship consisted in accepting a friend's shortcomings, which sometimes included his parents.

sonder the awareness that everyone has a story.

moledro n. a feeling of resonant connection with an author or artist you'll never meet, who may have lived centuries ago and thousands of miles away but can still get inside your head and leave behind morsels of their experience, like the little piles of stones left by hikers that mark a hidden path through unfamiliar territory.

suente n. the state of being so familiar with someone that you can be in a room with them, without thinking, without holding anything back, or without having to say a word-to the extent that you have to remind yourself that they're a different being entirely, that brushing hair away from their eyes won't help you see any better.

allope n. a mysterious aura of loneliness you feel in certain places, the palpable weight of all the lonely people secretly holed up in their houses and apartments, with a flickering blue glow cast up on their walls-so many of whom might just want someone to talk to, or want to feel needed, and could be that for each other of only they could somehow connect.

amentalio n. the sadness of realizing that you're already forgetting sense memories of the departed-already struggling to hear their voice, picture the exact shade of their eyes, or call to mind little gestures you once knew by heart.

looseleft adj. feeling a sense of loss upon finishing a good book, sensing the weight of the back cover locking away the lives of characters you've gotten to know so well.