Quotes About Empathy

Jesus understands the hurt you feel. He experienced denial and betrayal at the deepest level.

Never write people off for making a mistake! God does not work this way, and neither should we.

Nothing will encourage someone who is struggling more than your willingness to stand beside them and help sort it out with the wisdom God has given you.

When we sleep spiritually, we forget how many people around us are lost in

Who are we thinking about? And whom are we giving thanks to God for? We all need a reminder that we truly become who God created us to be when we stop thinking about me, me, me—and focus on others with the good news of Jesus.

Thich Nhat Hanh says that he was inspired to write the poem in 1976 when he first heard about the rape and suicide of the twelve-year-old girl spoken of in the poem. "I learned," he says, "after meditating for several hours that I could not just take sides against the pirate. I saw that if I had been born in his village and brought up under the same conditions, I would be exactly like him. Taking sides is too easy" (Nhat Hanh, 1993, p. 107).

Jesusanity is about a changed view of the world and others.

Hatred seldom reaches its intended target it only reveals the true ugliness of the perpetrator.

Don't say yes until I finish talking.

I stop fighting my inner demons. We're on the same side now. T-shirt

Listen, Dundy, it's been a long time since I burst into tears because a policeman didn't like me.

To forgive, you have to forget," he counseled. "Because otherwise you haven't truly forgiven.

RJ advocates say, is not an act against a rule, it's an act against a person. When you harm somebody, you owe it to them to make things right. By making things right, you begin to heal your relationship with the community.

Restorative Justice} allowed you two hold two things in your head at the same time...that's what community was, all those layers of understanding.

It's not enough to just be good. We gotta do good! Even if things get scary!

That's easy for you to say! You're just a kid. You don't know what a rotten, horrible place this world can be. It can be so cold...so cruel...so unforgiving..." "Papa...That's why we need to be good.

You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.

If someone is nice to you but rude to the waiter, they are not a nice person.

You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.

You can say any fool thing to a dog, and the dog will give you this look that says, My God, you're RIGHT I NEVER would've thought of that'

A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.

It is not our job to defeat those we disagree with. Instead, we are to speak the truth in love with respect, honor, and compassion for the listener

I'm cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.

Mankind is unkind, man.