Quotes About Empathy

Yes, it's hard to start seeing your mother as she is, hard to push aside all the resentment and anger that you may feel and see her as another woman. Hard, but worth every bit of the effort.

You sure did break that boy's heart." "I know," Krissa agreed. She didn't mind Jewel saying that. At least someone in this house had been on his side. "But I'm here now." "That's true," Jewel conceded, and the two women exchanged a look. We will help him through this.

Wags couldn't make it through the night without creeping over to Tory and whimpering that she had to use the ladies' room. So Tory would have to get out of bed, take her outside and down the stairs, and stand there in the middle of a chilly spring night, waiting for Wags to attend to herself.

Your eyes are everything. (Maybe why some people give up on talking.)

If tears proved him still human, a touch would prove him not.

There is no problem for which the instruction to love more is not the solution.

You cannot save another person from his or her spiritual lessons, no matter how much you may want to or how hard you try.

Remember always this great commandment that Jesus left for us in Matthew 7:1–2: "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged.

Forgiveness is the great equalizer. It costs you nothing but buys you everything.

Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you." Matthew 5:42

I've enough problems to deal with at present. As hard-hearted as it may seem, I don't need ye adding to them.

can't help it! I've held my tongue as long as I dare. Please, Abby. Take a bit more time and reconsider.

It seems clear, from reading the daily news if nothing else, that there will always be some in this world who want their holy wars, who will discriminate, vilify, and even kill in the name of God. They have narrowed down the concept of neighbor to include only those like themselves, in terms of creed, caste, race, sex, or sexual orientation. But there is also much evidence that there are many who know that a neighbor might be anyone at all, and are willing to act on that assumption.

conversion is no more spectacular than learning to love the people we live with and work among.

Who can be good, if not made so by loving? —St. Augustine

By simply relaxing, being quiet, breathing and having a heartfelt intention to help another being, you create a sacred space. In this space, all things are possible.

When we learn to relax and simply be present for the animal without judgment, we will find it much easier to connect with animals, and in turn, we will begin to see better responses from them.

Learning to be present with an open heart for others is the best way to help them heal.

When we are in a true Reiki space, species differences melt away and profound interspecies connections are forged.

Here's some free advice: Make an honest assessment of the choices you've made before you look askance at somebody else's.

To sin. To miss the mark ... We try and we fail, like archers who aim for the target but fall short of the mark. When you are older and have swum out into the stream of life, you'll see- there are no 'good' people, little girl. We're all trying and failing, trying too hard and failing too often. Remember that. We shouldn't judge too harshly, in the end, the sins of others ... Sometimes I think the only things we have in common with one another are our shortcomings.

When you are older and have swum out into the stream of life, you'll see - there are no 'good' people, little girl. We're all trying and failing, trying too hard and failing too often. Remember that. We shouldn't judge too harshly, in the end, the sins of others.

When you are older and have swum out into the stream of life, you'll see – there are no "good" people, little girl. We're all trying and failing, trying too hard and failing too often. Remember that. We shouldn't judge too harshly, in the end, the sins of others.

Loneliness isn't relieved in a crowd.