Quotes About Empathy

After college, I went through my own shit and decided that all physical suffering in the world couldn't compare to mental anguish. And when I got myself, I decided to help other people.

And you shouldn't assume that everything is always about you.

People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed up and open about it than somebody perfect and…you know…ready to explode.

People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed up and open about it

I mean everybody's messed up." "What's your point?" "We wear our problems differently.

We look into each other's eyes as we shake. His are still full of death and horror, but in them I see my face reflected, and inside my tiny eyes inside his, I think I see some hope.

We look into each other's eyes as we shake hands. His are full of death and horror, but in them I see my face reflected, and inside my tiny eyes inside his, I think I see some hope.

Neil says, and he shakes my hand in that way that people do in here to remind themselves that you're the patient and they're the doctor/ volunteer/employee. They like you, and they genuinely want you to do better, but when they shake your hand you feel that distance, that slight disconnect because they know that you're still broken somewhere, that you might snap at any moment.

Now Mom is crying, and I learn something I didn't know about the human body: if your mom cries, you cry.

I was lying to this person; that meant we really knew each other.

The more of us that feel the universe, the better off we will be in this world.

Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth. So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were 'reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.

Or maybe arguing with people you disagree with takes less effort than exploring why they think differently from you.

Don't start an argument with someone thinking they have the same level of knowledge as you on a particular topic.

Children do not yet know that the world doesn't revolve around them.

If we instead back away from all that divides us, you might find common, unifying perspectives on the world. If so, watch where you step.

and he's sticking a you-know-what slowly into my you-know-where

Because I wanted to save women when mean people were trying to harm them.

But we take better care of our cats and dogs than we do of homeless humans in the street. If we serve as pets to aliens, might they take better care of us than we ever will of ourselves?

While there, I came to resent labels of all kinds. What are they, if not intellectually lazy ways of asserting you know everything about a person you've never met?

Arguing more loudly or strenuously or more articulately than your opponent simply reveals how annoying and obstinate you are.

for Momo, Accardo

Half the world cries Half the world laughs Half the world tries To be the other half

your soul is stained with the blood of the innocent, feel their pain