Quotes About Empathy

Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter. - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sandpaper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless. - Chris Colfer Talent

The art of loving each other well is letting people be where they are and not trying to convince them to be where I am.

Many of us were also taught that Jesus saves us from our pain and we're supposed to be "above it" instead of remembering Jesus entered pain directly—his own and the world's—to transform it.

I believe in every part of my soul that one of the most world-changing practices of love is to help create corrective experiences for people—to have them experience, in the flesh, something different than the damage they received in their family, life, or church.

Heroic acts aren't just about running into a burning building to save someone. It's also rising up and saying, "No, I will not let my brothers and sisters be treated this way or the community that I live in harm the vulnerable.

We can often become so focused on tangible care, connection, or advocacy with others that we neglect our own souls.

Ephesians 4:29 couldn't state it any more clearly, "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen

It's such a gift when another person knows you through and through, brings out your best, and turns a blind eye to your worst.

Most of the time, if you treat people right, you don't have to be afraid of them.

living with a teenage daughter is like living with the Taliban a mum is not allowed to laugh, sing, dance or wear short skirts

Tell me where it hurts

The world is rife with evil and misfortune, but it is also full of good people determined to right wrongs. I would not sink into sadness. I would celebrate those who refuse to give up. Those who battle to make things better.

Tutti sappiamo cos'è lo spazio personale, quel niente di cui abbiamo bisogno tra noi stessi e gli altri. Per me il limite è a quarantacinque centimetri. Superatelo e divento nervosa.

Ryan drew in a deep breath. Let it out. Then he made a comment that melted my resentment. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that. But at times you go with your heart, not your head. I worry that one day you will pay a price. I couldn't stand it if something happened to you.

As we ate, I half-listened to her tale of woe featuring a horse and her ex-husband and one of her twins. Made comforting noises at all the right spots.

When we buy into those limiting and marginalizing stories, our souls are in exile. We spend our days worrying about pleasing others rather than doing what's right for us—and, ultimately, what's right for our families, our community, and our world.

Loka somasta sukhino bhavantu: may all beings, everywhere, be happy and free

Milan Kundera, author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, wrote, "Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test, consists of its attitude toward those who are at its mercy: animals." Fellow humans, we're failing that test.

Maeve Binchy

All those people you pass as you climb the ladder of success could be the same ones who will catch you if you fall.

There is no shame in struggling, there is no shame in finding things hard and there is absolutely no shame in getting the support you need, whenever you need it. Because nobody is perfect, and nobody is always getting it right – we are all just winging it as best we can.

I hope you are pleased with yourself. You have made a spirit cry.

He does not see as i have that you have given him your heart, but he is male. We will cut him some slack for that handicap, yes?