Quotes About Empathy

People can share in the joke. Nobody can share in your anguish.

Because killing random people just because they did something you don't like makes you the bad guy.

I don't mind being a bit like you. I hope you don't mind being a bit like me.

I feel like we've had a real breakthrough here, Landon," Hugh said. "This is the most honest conversation we've ever had.

Even a cry in the wilderness must be acknowledged, because someone might have heard it.

Do you want to be an adult or a child? Children require comfort even in a crisis, because they can't understand how urgent things are. In a child's world, it's all about them: how this affects me, how this makes me feel, why is life so unfair? An adult sees a problem and tries to fix it. They think of other people and they plan their actions aware of the consequences. They understand that there will be time to deal with grief and loss after the danger is over.

I will kill anything that tries to hurt you, he said, his voice quiet. I know. I will kill anything that tries to hurt you, I told him. Curran looked at me. I just can't figure out what to do when you hurt yourself. Who am I mad at? I opened my mouth. Nothing smart came to mind. If anyone can figure it out, it would be you. You're the only one who'll put up with me.

If you like him, I like him. If you hate him, I hate him. But I think he loves you and that's all any mother could hope for.

Before I take a man into my bed, I need to know him. I want to trust him and like him.

Orro spun around. "I do not like this Assembly. It jerks the small human to and fro." He stabbed the air with his giant fork for emphasis. "Can they not see that she is exhausted? Do they not know what she has been through? Come to the meeting, do not come to the meeting, is there no decorum?

Being kind to people and paying attention shouldn't be done with the expectation of repayment. I helped them because I could, and it made me happy.

Your hand looks heavy. Let me hold it for you." He squeezed my hand with his warm fingers. "Smooth," Jynx murmured.

Human beings are never to be treated as a means but always as ends.

We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of another, always at the same time as an end and never simply as a means.

If man is not to stifle his human feelings, he must practice kindness towards animals, for he who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Gustavo Solivellas dice: El que es cruel con los animales se endurece también en su trato con los hombres. Podemos juzgar el corazón de un hombre por su tratamiento de los animales (Immanuel Kant)

L'uomo deve mostrare bontà di cuore verso gli animali, perché chi usa essere crudele verso di essi è altrettanto insensibile verso gli uomini.

Agisci in modo da considerare l'umanità come scopo, e mai come semplice mezzo.

Puoi conoscere il cuore di un uomo già dal modo in cui egli tratta le bestie.

Agisci in modo da considerare l'umanità, sia nella tua persona, sia nella persona di ogni altro, sempre anche come scopo, e mai come semplice mezzo.

the feeling of distress is the root of benevolence, therefore a benevolent man is ever mindful of those who are suffering and in distress.

You are to be proud of your enemy; then, the success of your enemy is your success also

If I have a care in the world, I have a gift to give.