Quotes About Empathy

It was not sympathy in the ordinary sense which he [Adolf Hitler] felt for the disinherited. That would not have been sufficient. He not only suffered with them, he lived for them and devoted all his thoughts to the salvation of those people from distress and poverty... his noble and grandiose work, which was intended 'for everybody'...

What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy them.

Yes, I am crying although I am a man. But has not a man eyes! Has not a man hands, limbs, senses, thoughts, passions? Is he not fed with the wine food, hurt by the same weapons, warmed and cooled by the same summer and winter as a woman? If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? And if you poison us, do we not die? Why shouldn't a man complain, a soldier weep? Because it is unmanly? Why is it unmanly?

Every moment of enjoyment Brings to some one else a sorrow, But your sorrow gladdens no one, For from sorrow naught but sorrow springs.

I been with strangers all day and they treated me like family. I come in here to family and you treat me like a stranger.

knew that Jordan would be sure to notice and ask about her tears. Nothing gets past that one! Peony thought. That strange, quiet little girl with the darting eyes that see everything, maybe even what folks are thinking! Something

Nothing at bottom is real except humanity.

I like flaws and feel more comfortable around people who have them. I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

The truth is that nobody is owed an apology for anything. Apologies are lovely when they happen. But they change nothing. They do not reverse actions or correct damage. They are merely nice to hear.

Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.

The sensitive suffer more; but they love more, and dream more.

Quem investe apenas nos jovens que lhe dão retorno não é digno de ser chamado de educador. Um excelente educador abraça os alienados, atrai os que o decepcionaram, cativa os rebeldes, aposta nos que erram frequentemente, dá o melhor de si para aqueles em que ninguém acedita. Perdas sempre nos acompanharão; o que nos diferencia dos animais é o que fazemos com elas.

Estimados educadores, debemos tener en mente que los débiles condenan, los fuertes comprenden, los débiles juzgan, los fuertes perdonan.

Marco Polo pegou suavemente sua mão direita e a acalmou: – Não se martirize mais uma vez, Florence. Não há gigantes diante da depressão. Só sabe a dimensão da sua dor quem atravessa seus vales.

Não há relação mais nobre do que a amizade. Os amigos se mesclam, têm confiança mútua, desfrutam prazeres juntos, segredam coisas íntimas, torcem uns pelos outros. Os amigos não se anulam, se completam. Quem vive sem amigos pode ter poder e palácios, mas vive só e triste.

Ser um ser humano sem fronteiras não é ser ingénuo nem pôr em perigo a vida desnecessariamente. Lembrem-se que eu não os chamei para serem heróis. Não provoquem muito menos enfrentem os ofensores. Dar a outra face não é sinónimo de fragilidade, mas de força. Não é sinónimo de estupidez, mas de lucidez.

Ninguna técnica psicológica funcionará si el amor no funciona.

Los padres brillantes no forman héroes, sino seres humanos que conocen sus limitaciones y sus fortalezas.

Padece usted una de las dolencias más normales en el género humano: la necesidad de comunicarse con sus semejantes.

Marriage is going to be that happy state in which we get all of the nurturance and care and love and empathy and even good advice that we didn't receive from our families.

If you're feeling helpless, help someone.

War is not the only arena where peace is done to death. Wherever suffering is ignored, there will be the seeds of conflict, for suffering degrades and embitters and enrages.

If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.

My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.