Quotes About Empathy

Forgiveness is impossible without embracing innocence, yours and theirs

You can't accept another if you don't accept yourself

The fact is, you don't have to like people to work with them, and finding compatibility of purpose at work does not require surrounding yourself only with those you like. You can admire people, even if you don't like them. There are several managers at Semco that I would never have lunch with—I don't empathize with them at all—some I downright dislike. But that is irrelevant, because I still respect their style and performance.

But I have learned that with creatures one loves, suffering is not the only thing for which one may pity them. A rabbit who does not know when a gift has made him safe is poorer than a slug, even though he may think otherwise himself.

Are you angry, El-ahrairah?' asked Lord Frith. "'No, my lord,' replied El-ahrairah, 'I am not angry. But I have learned that with creatures one loves, suffering is not the only thing for which one may pity them. A rabbit who does not know when a gift has made him safe is poorer than a slug, even though he may think otherwise himself.

I think we ought to do all we can to make these creatures friendly. It might turn out to be well worth the trouble.

I have learned that with creatures one loves, suffering is not the only thing for which one may pity them. A rabbit who does not know when a gift has made him safe is poorer than a slug, even though he may think otherwise himself.

You don't love hatred and evil, of course. You have to practice and see the real gull, the good in every one of them, and to help them see it in themselves. That's what I mean by love.

How easy it is to be compassionate when it's yourself you see in trouble.

What a delighted fascination it is, to stand aside and watch our dearest friend perform on stage without us.

It is by not always thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy. Until you can make room in your life for someone as important to you as yourself, you will always be searching and lost....

Keep working on love.

Oh, Fletch, you don't love that! You don't love hatred and evil,of course. You have to practice and see the real gull, the good in every one of them, and help them to see it in themselves. That's what I mean by love. It's fun, when you get the knack of it.

Can miles truly separate us from friends? If you want to be with Rae, aren't you already there?

O oposto de solidão não é companhia, é intimidade.

I don't understand how you manage to love a mob of birds that has just tried to kill you." "Oh, Fletch, you don't love that! You don't love hatred and evil, of course. You have to practice and see the real gull, the good in every one of them, and to help them see it in themselves. That's what I mean by love. It's fun, when you get the knack of it.

Whatever harm I would do to another, I shall do first to myself. As I respect and am kind to myself, so shall I respect and be kind to peers, to elders, to kits. I claim for others the freedom to live as they wish, to think and believe as they will. I claim that freedom for myself. I shall make each choice and live each day to my highest sense of right.

How many of us count fictional characters, or those we've never met, among our closest friends? My hand's up.

You wait a lifetime to meet Someone who understands you, accepts you as you are. At the end, you find that Someone all along, has been you.

Hatred is love without the facts. Whoever we dislike, are there facts we could learn that would change our minds?

Yeryüzünü ziyaretinizin sonunda önemli olan tek ÅŸey ÅŸudur: Ne kadar iyi sevdiniz? Sevginizin niteliÄŸi neydi?

When he said that, he looked lonelier than I had ever seen a man still alive. He didn't need food or shelter or money or fame. He was dying of his need to say what he knew, and nobody cared enough to listen. I frowned at him, so as not to cry.

Dar, Fletcher, nu asta iubeÅŸti la ei! Nu iubeÅŸti ura ÅŸi r?utatea. Trebuie s? te str?duieÅŸti s? vezi adev?ratul pesc?ruÅŸ, partea bun? din fiecare. Trebuie s?-i ajuÅ£i ÅŸi pe ei s? o vad? în ei înÅŸiÅŸi. Asta înÅ£eleg eu prin dragoste. E grozav când înÅ£elegi asta.

Birini koÅŸulsuz sevmek, kim olduÄŸunu ve ne yapt???n? umursamamakt?r. KoÅŸulsuz sevgi, d??ar?dan bak?ld???nda ald?rmazl?kla ayn? görüÅŸe sahiptir.