Quotes About Empathy

If any have a stone to throwIt is not I, ever or now.

The only happiness left her was in making some one else happy.

Giving a damn and doing what is right are rewards in themselves.

MEILIN WAS SURROUNDED BY DEPRESSED RATS.

could pick up what he said.

President Obama is doing the right thing by offering young immigrants, most often in this country through no action of their own, a chance to live and work openly, free from the fear of deportation.

A good teacher must be able to put himself in the place of those who find learning hard.

These tiny people, they're not about you. They are not for you. They do not belong to you. They are under your care, is all, and it's your job to work at being a decent human being, love them well and a lot, dont put your problems on them, dont make your problems thier problems, dont use them to occupy empty parts of yourself.

You have to know what people are capable of, and forgive them for whatever they're not. It'll

When I see pregnant women, I want to take them by their shoulders and shake. I mean shake. Are you ready?

You have to know what people are capable of, and forgive them for whatever they're not.

did you know it's almost impossible to feel aggression when you're holding an infant?

With all that ego shit out of the way, you clear the path toward love.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

There is within each one of us a potential for goodness beyond our imagining; for giving which seeks no reward; for listening without judgment; for loving unconditionally.

Today, in our "shut up, get over it, and move on" mentality, our society misses so much, it's no wonder we are a generation that longs to tell our stories.

Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body. Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment

The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.

I didn't fully realize it at the time, but the goal of my life was profoundly molded by this experience - to help produce, in the next generation, more Mother Teresas and less Hitlers.

I say to people who care for people who are dying, if you really love that person and want to help them, be with them when their end comes close. Sit with them - you don't even have to talk. You don't have to do anything but really be there with them.

Why do we wait until tomorrow to do good? Why do we wait to be rich before giving? Is not the gift of ourselves better than money, and is there a day or even an hour in which we could not give a tear or a smile to someone who is suffering?

To do each day, humbly, and so that God alone may see it, all the good that one can do; always to seek out all the misery and grief within reach in order to relieve them; to cultivate in oneself a lively sympathy for everyone; and to do all this for God alone — that is the goal of all human existence.

There is no point in being annoyed with anyone — the way they enlarge one's understanding more than compensates for the irritation and inconvenience they cause.

Be good to your girls!