Quotes About Empathy

Have you ever been guilty of having a condescending attitude about another person's weakness? How can we dare to think we can access the soul-cleansing blood that delivers us from the cesspool of our secret sins, and then look down on another member of Christ's Body in disdain?

Can the wounded heal the hurting?

As a parent, you are called to carry the loads of your children that are too heavy for them, and you even want to carry the lighter

Real wealth is affirmation, affection, humanity, and brotherhood.

Until you take a walk through in their shoes, you'll have no idea where and how much they hurt in their journey.

Those who dislike animals (and more specifically those who never had a pet) will never understand the complete joy a pet brings to a soul, and, the pet-less person will never truly understand the meaning of unconditional love.

When a battle of wits begins between two people, the smarter of the two will concede knowing that the other person is unable to see any point of view other than their own.

Perhaps it is those who are most vulnerable in their hearts who learn to grow the toughest skin.

The Savior was no ivory-tower observer, no behind-the-lines captain... The Savior was a participant, a player, who not only understood our plight intellectually, but who felt our wounds because they became his wounds.

The first step toward being loved is learning to love what you see when you look in the mirror.

Compassion for others is a mark of wisdom.

Being able to make people laugh is great, but it takes on a different meaning if they are laughing at you, not with you.

Real hunger is when one man regards another man as something to eat.

I smile and I think that one human being must always be discovering another - through love. And that this is the most important thing on earth, and the most lasting.

Most of our sins toward those who are close to us are due to the fact that we become insulted and hurt over nothing.

She devoted herself to becoming their friend. She had never met a real man or woman before, she realized. Compared to them, anyone else was just a generic human being.

Aren't you in pain, Mother?' she wanted to call out. 'Mother, I'm suffering too.

Silence speaks when words can't.

Anyone who takes the time to be kind is beautiful.

Don't worry about people who don't worry about you.

We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side.

I've come to believe that the most dangerous man in the world is the one who feels no remorse. The one who never apologizes and therefore seeks no forgiveness. Because in the end it is our emotions that make us week, not our actions.

All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.

Why are you touching me? Because I can.