Quotes About Empathy

A man capable of torturing another human being, even if he's scum, feels something break in him, the most important thing that he has, his humanity, his soul if you want.

People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along?

All people want on this earth is to connect with others. Other than eating and sleeping. Human beings need to connect with other human beings. Otherwise, they lose their mind.

The unhappy never want enemies.

"I just don't know," I said, my voice sounding bumby, not like mine, "how do you help someone who doesn't want your help. What do you do when you can't do anything?"

I don't really get scared. Want to know what else i don't feel?" PITY

Nothing beats having a genuine compassion for human souls. If there is one thing I know, it's that people want to be acknowledged; they want to be heard; and above all, they want to be appreciated.

People don't listen when you lecture. No one wants to be talked down to or scolded.

You always have to take care of the sisters first, so my dad would buy Barbies and stuff and I wouldn't get anything. So I don't want any other kid to feel like that.

Create the kind of world you want to live in by how you treat others now.

I had a screening in Baltimore where one of the hardest individuals just broke into tears at the end. That's the response you want.

Men that cannot entertain themselves want somebody, though they care for nobody.

I have more fun, and enjoy more finan­cial suc­cess, when I stop try­ing to get what I want and start help­ing other peo­ple get what they want.

Do not judge but love and be loved, if you want to be really happy.

Through our entire history we have become accustomed to pushing [animals] around in ways dictated by our own wants and needs without much regard for theirs.

I'm human. But overall, whenever I see anyone being made fun of or given a hard time, I rush to their defense. I want to help them because I know how it feels.

With everything going on in the world I really just want what is best for everyone regardless of who they are.

Sometimes in Washington you get a little disconnected. I want to make sure I know what people are actually doing each day.

But sometimes I'd feel more fulfilled making Christmas cards with the mentally ill. I want to live and I want to love. I want to catch something that I might be ashamed of.

It is often a sign of wit not to show it, and not to see that others want it.

Bold words and bolder deeds are what we want. Awake, awake, great ones! The world is burning with misery. Can you sleep?

My audience has really become a very diverse group of people. It's not just 15-year-old girls. That's kind of what allows me to write from all the different places I want to write from.

here's certain things that are similar to cats and dogs. Dogs are just hyper social and they have a want to please you way more than a cat does.

I understand how hard it is to talk to people about MS. You don't want pity or random advice.