Quotes About Empathy

the world runs on the fuel of an endless, fathomless animal misery.

Do onto others as you would have others do unto you' is our highest, most developed morality, Dr. Sosa said. And really the only one necessary; all the others flow from that; you don't need Ten Commandments. But if you do believe, as I do, that morality starts with God, then you have to wonder why He simultanelously hardwired us against it.

The world runs," Lowell said, "on the fuel of this endless, fathomless misery. People know it, but they don't mind what they don't see. Make them look and they mind, but you're the one they hate, because you're the one that made them look." They

We call them feelings because we feel them. They don't start in our minds, they arise in our bodies.

Sam really knew how to handle people, I thought in admiration. He was so self-assured, confident and articulate, but he always listened to what I had to say as if it was the most interesting thing in the world and never spoke down to me. He made me feel important. Or was he simply saying what I wanted to hear like he did with Spencer?

I think—" Anakin kicked his heel against the polished marble floor. "I think I hate it when I can't stop my men from getting hurt. From dying. I think—

Qui-Gon used to do this. He used to roam around the galaxy picking up strays." "Like me, you mean?" said Anakin tightly. "Useless hangers-on like me?

El emparejamiento de los cuerpos no llevaba necesariamente a la unión de las mentes.

So much talking makes it hard to listen.

You okay, Ford? You might at well say something to let me know you're all right, at least physically, otherwise I'm capable of annoying you until you do. It's one of my special skills. So one more time. Are. You. Okay?

David's was the first face I saw when I woke up from the surgery to sew up my leg. Eve made a face. It was like a bad rerun. His face is always the first one I see when I wake up from an attack by a homicidal lunatic.

Is it better to not get to know them?' 'No. It's not. It's sharking your responsibility, and it's disrespectful. Get to know them, and then you fully understand the price you're asking them to pay.

People who wouldn't dream of drowning a puppy in a barrel full of water think nothing of killing a fish the same slow way.

Why doesn't the fact that I'm human matter to human beings

didn't have a mother or a father, but a stranger willingly chose me to be his son. You had a mother and father, and they let strangers take you. No, General, don't pity me. You're the one who's had the worse deal." It was shocking and it was true. The extraordinary clarity of his assessment hit her so hard that she almost gasped. It told her things she didn't want to know about herself. None of them changed her intentions.

It was as if the small differences mattered more than the really big ones—like you had to recognize something before you could hate it properly. No

she worried that Jedi raised other Jedi in a constant soulless cycle of detached, cold indifference

Imagine if we all walked around looking at strangers and thinking, You could have been my son or daughter. Imagine.

When somebody dies, you forget they're an asshole.

Sara was reminded of yet another one of Will's traits, which was that he had an uncanny knack for keeping his mouth shut when he didn't know what to say. This resulted in the sort of awkward moments that made Sara's dating life look downright ebullient.

If you love someone, you don't go out of your way to hurt them. You don't torture them. You don't terrify them or make them live in constant fear. That's not how love works. It's not how normal people work.

Broken: Never underestimate the power of a shared history.

Sometimes, even if you know the answer, you've got to let the other person take a shot. If they feel wrong all the time, they never get the chance to feel right.

Do you realize how terrifying it is to be raped?