Quotes About Empathy

I have learned that those who meet with difficulties which seem insurmountable may, if they will do so, best overcome these difficulties by forgetting them for a time and helping others who have greater problems.

A master salesperson knows what thoughts are in people's minds by the expressions on their faces, by the words they speak, by their silence, and by the "feeling" you get from within while you are in their presence. A master salesperson can predict the future by observing what has happened in the past. A master salesperson is the master of others because he or she masters himself or herself.

If a woman permits her husband to lose interest in her, and become more interested in other women, it is usually because of her ignorance, or indifference toward the subjects of sex, love, and romance.

Kindness is more powerful than compulsion.

love people and serve them.

People take on the nature and the habits and the power of thought of those with whom they associate in a spirit of sympathy and harmony.

When you beat up someone physically, you get excercise and stress relief; when you assault him verbally on the Internet, you just harm yourself.

You do not want to win an argument. You want to win.

It is not what you are telling people, it is how you are saying it.

Sometimes people ask you a question with their eyes begging you to not tell them the truth.

One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic." Statistics stay silent in us.

The chief ethical rule is the following: Thou shalt not have antifragility at the expense of the fragility of others.

Silver Rule (negative golden rule): Do not do to others what you would not like them to do to you. Note the difference from the Golden Rule, as the silver one prevents busybodies from attempting to run your life.

People often need to suspend their self-promotion, and have someone in their lives they do not need to impress. This explains dog ownership.

Aesthetics, ethics, and many good things in humans are contagious.

Never ask the doctor what you should do. Ask him what he would do if he were in your place. You would be surprised at the difference.

We laugh at others and we don't realize that someone will be just as justified in laughing at us on some not too remote day

We are social animals; hell is other people.

The Golden Rule wants you to Treat others the way you would like them to treat you. The more robust Silver Rule says Do not treat others the way you would not like them to treat you.

never ask a man if he is from Sparta: If he were, he would have let you know such an important fact—and if he were not, you could hurt his feelings." Likewise, never ask a trader if he is profitable; you can easily see it in his gesture and gait.

If you find any reason why you and someone are friends, you are not friends.

When she shouts that what you did was unforgivable, she has already started to forgive you.

Usually, what we call a "good listener" is someone with skillfully polished indifference.

Being nice counts the most when you are nice to people ignored by others, deprived of attention, or devoid of friends. The rest is largely theater.