Quotes About Empathy

She squinted up at him. But I haven't always made good decisions. Pastor Harris smiled. All that shows is that you're human.

The next time you're mad at me, talk to me,' he said. 'Don't shut me out. I don't like playing games. And by the way, I had a great time, too.

Believe it or not, that was the first time I recognized that in some ways she was just like the rest of us.

If you're going to sit on someone's tombstone, you might as well know something about them, right?

I'm sorry' I said again. Whenever someone tells you something said, it's the only thing you can think to say, even if you're already said it before.

A person with autism lives in his own world, while a person with Asperger's lives in our world, in a way of his own choosing

If people don't like you, or they think you're strange, then that's their problem.

People in pain don't always see things as clearly as they should

Sometimes there would be someone else out there, someone she didn't know, but when they saw each other each would nod, as if making a secret pact. No question, no small talk..agreed

In her eyes and in her touch I felt the echoes of my words.

EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES, EVEN THE PERSONS WE LOVE.

The saddest people I've met in my life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all .

I got the sense that he was the kind of person who couldn't hold anger for more than a few minutes, because it just wasn't in him. It could never grow into resentment or bitterness, and I knew then that he was the kind of man who would be married forever. And I decided then and there that I should be the one to marry him.

Based on her experience with men, most assumed that when you talked to them about a problem or dilemma, they were expected to offer an opinion, even when all you wants was for them to listen.

It's okay to be sad. Everyone gets sad now and then. Even me.

You should not complain, it's not attractive.

See me just as I see you.

I never know what to tell them. I mean, there's nothing you can say to make a person stop hurting. Half the time, I just feel like telling them the truth. I'd say that for 3 months, you're going to feel worse than you've ever felt and you cope as best you can. And that after 6 months, the pain isn't so bad, but it still hurts more than you think it will. And even after years, you still find yourself thinking about the person you lost and get sad about it. And you still miss them all the time.

I've come to understand that arguing with [my wife] about it has never solved anything. So instead of denying it, I've learned to take her hands, look her in the eyes, and respond with those three magic words every woman wants to hear: You're right, sweetheart.

I realized that there were times when we talked not because we needed to communicate anything important, but simply because we each drew comfort from the other's voice

Si uno va a sentarse sobre la lápida de alguien, al menos debe saber algo sobre ellos, ¿no?

You know the real me, she said, stopping to peer up at him. More than anyone else.

You're very perceptive for a guy who can go a whole day without talking," she said, peering up at him. "That's why I'm perceptive.

Because counseling isn't about changing someone else. It's about trying to change yourself.