Quotes About Empathy

What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other?

Injustice is a sixth sense, and rouses all the others.

In this world we must help one another.

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.

In the time we have it is surely our duty to do all the good we can to all the people we can in all the ways we can.

He who lives only for himself is truly dead to others.

Provision for others is a fundamental responsibility of human life.

Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.

To be told we are loved is not enough. We must feel loved.

It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere.

Nothing has happened today except kindness.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

I'd like people to think of me as someone who cares about them.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other's stories.

The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.

Sympathy is the charm of human life.

I expect to pass through life but once. If, therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do for any fellow being, let me do it now ... as I shall not pass this way again.

I wonder why it is that we are not all kinder to each other. ... How much the world needs it! How easily it is done!

There is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those that are sad.

Without kindness, there can be no true joy.

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

Kindness affects more than severity.

Always be a little kinder than necessary.