Quotes About Empathy

The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds.

I gave away two dogs years ago because I felt guilty at not being able to give them the time and attention they deserved. I now regularly feed an army of squirrels and wild birds around our house.

These are 8- and 12-year-old kids. It doesn't matter how they got here. It is time to show a little compassion

We can learn from him that suffering and the gift of himself is an essential gift we need in our time.

When we are generous in welcoming people and sharing something with them-some food, a place in our homes, our time-not only do we no longer remain poor: we are enriched.

If your woman is asleep every time you get home, shes just really tired. Of you.

We live in a crazy time. Every other week, there's a school shooting. There's always some nutty thing and I've always wanted to kind of understand the crazy.

When I was in Paris, all of the German refugees began to flow in and it was a very sad time.

I just try and surround myself, for the biggest proportion of time that I can, with people who make me feel normal, because constantly feeling abnormal is quite difficult.

More than anything else, if you can spend a great deal of dedicated time observing people without judgment, that can be a great way of learning.

Next time you see a brother down Stop and pick him up, Cause you might be the next one stuck.

Every time you reject yourself, you idealize others

Sitting with her on Sunday evening - a wet Sunday evening - the very time of all others when if a friend is at hand the heart must be opened, and every thing told.

When we really understand the fact of separate realities, we will stop spending so much time and energy trying to change the reality of others

The only thing worse than a coach or CEO who doesn't care about his people is one who pretends to care. People can spot a phony every time.

But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a bit more time, that's all.

Aye, I'm tellin' ye, happiness is one of the few things in this world that doubles every time you share it with someone else.

Moments in time when the world is changing bring out the best and the worst in people.

I'm so lucky that I get to write my own music and write my own stories, so every single time I look down in the audience and I see somebody singing the words back to me, it makes it all worth it.

If you take the time to study how to be a doctor and how to use your scalpel and your medicine, then there are endless beings out there to help.

Next time you meet a 'foreigner', remember it's only like a window with a different shape to it and the person who's sitting inside is you.

What motivates me is seeing people in the crowd and wondering what they're going home to and what they're dealing with, and knowing that for the time being we're their escape.

Kids need to open up to their parents. And parents should realize that when kids are pushing you away, that's the time to really step in.

I have noticed that after a time of deep sorrow the greatest comfort may come from a person you do not know well.