Quotes About Empathy

The psychopathic traits on which the bosses scored so highly, Board and Fritzon point out, closely resemble the characteristics that companies look for. Those who have these traits often possess great skill in flattering and manipulating powerful people. Egocentricity, a strong sense of entitlement, a readiness to exploit others and a lack of empathy and conscience are also unlikely to damage their prospects in many corporations.

After all there is but one race -- humanity.

There is nothing so consoling as to find one's neighbor's troubles are at least as great as one's own.

Only one mistake, Ezra! You should have talked to women.

I shall never again think that all tramps are drunken scoundrels, nor expect a beggar to be grateful when I give him a penny, nor be surprised if men out of work lack energy, nor subscribe to the Salvation Army, nor pawn my clothes, nor refuse a handbill, nor enjoy a meal at a smart restaurant.

Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.

The occasional kindness will spare you all sorts of trouble down the road.

A friend doubles joys and cuts griefs in half'?

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.

And I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things.

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.

A man who won't listen can't hear.

Hodor," said Hodor.

Only a man who's been burned knows what hell is truly like.

Un lector vive mil vidas antes de morir. Aquel que nunca lee vive solo una.

She might have wept then, had not the sky begun to do it for her.

The vilest of men and the wickedest of women likewise may do good from time to time, for love and compassion and pity may be found in even the blackest of hearts.

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one

When you have known the kiss of a flaying knife, a laugh loses all its power to hurt you.

An honest kiss, a little kindness, everyone deserves that much, however big or small.

When somebody says 'it's just a book' smile because they just don't understand.

Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care. If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it's a superficial experience isn't it?

So if you must hate, Arya, hate those who would truly do us harm

There is no shame in loving.