Quotes About Empathy

I think that we in the West expect people to adapt to our culture very, very quickly when they come to our country. But when we go over to someone else's, I don't think we are willing to meet them halfway like we expect them to meet us. I think having cultural sensitivity is a lot more important than we realize.

I've seen stuff that says be nice and I think: you're not showing me anything. You're telling me, like a Hallmark card: be nice, nice to be nice, innit?

You never think about someone dressing up as you for Halloween.

If you don't want to deal with them, fine. But don't hamper other people from dealing with them.

I can count on one hand the people I could call and who would be there for me.

Definitely when you get handed roles like Joel in 'The Last of Us,' that's something that will change your life, and I learned so much from that role.

This devaluing of listening is handed down from generation to generation. There are many children who don't have the experience of being listened to by their parents.

Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.

Some people have a love of their fellow man in their hearts, and others require a light anesthetic.

Never say anything bad about a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. By then he's a mile away, you've got his shoes, and you can say whatever you want to.

What would people think?' Jesus said that people think all sorts of things. The human mind is like a cloud of gnats. Constant motion. That's why you have to look at the heart. 'Oh,' said Grandpa.

you are never so smart again in a language learned in middle age nor so romantic, brave or kind.

By God, no matter what Republicans say, the people of this country really do care about each other. We are not a cold people. By God, when John F. Kennedy said, "Ask what you can do for your country," he spoke to this country's heart and conscience.

Tower, men have rejected me. -Perhaps they have their reasons, Bubba? -But I am of their kind. - Only in thought, word and deed. -You mean, tower, that though I think like a man and act like a man, they still do not like me? - Men do not like themselves very much, Bubba

Sin duda eres un bastardo Harry… pero un bastardo puede perdonar a otro. ¿Quién más lo haría?

I am not going to change who I am. I am human and I know how to love, and be kind, and be compassionate to those who are weaker than me. Just because I have power doesn't mean I have to use it!

continue to love each other, something I discover is not an automatic state but must be worked at, like an ever-changing tactical problem, though I would never describe it that way to my beloved

What's your name? she asked. Street rat, scum girl, you good-for-nought, said the child bitterly. What is it really? asked Anya. ... Why you giving us this? she asked. Because ... because I want to make even a little difference, said Anya quietly. Maybe later I can make a big difference.

Bert and Dehlia had planted the seed of thought in her mind, and it was growing away busily putting out new shoots of thought, all of which were quite bothersome, because they were about things like responsibility and fairness, and thinking about others, and why being a princess perhaps should be about more than just having a nice library and three meals a day, particularly when other people didn't have these things...

We are trained to analyze problems and create solutions. We forget that marriage is a relationship, not a project to be completed or a problem to solve.

I would encourage you to make your own investigation of the one whom, as He died, prayed for those who killed Him: 'Father forgive them for they know not what they do.' That is love's ultimate expression.

Empathetic listening is an awesome medication for the hurting heart.

Love is always freely given. Love cannot be demanded. We can request things of each other, but we must never demand anything. Requests give direction to love, but demands stop the flow of love.

If we are to develop an intimate relationship, we need to know each other's desires. If we wish to love each other, we need to know what the other person wants.