Quotes About Empathy

Alzò per un momento lo sguardo verso di noi, poi si produsse in quel gioco di prestigio che sin dalla notte dei tempi ha fatto sì che il genere umano prendesse in simpatia la capra, emettendo contemporaneamente un rutto e una scoreggia.

But Ana, how could I have been such a lousy judge of character? I groaned. Because you don't much care to judge people's characters, she answered after a moment's thought. It's a strength, you know, as well as weakness. It was small consolation.

She is sensitive. She does not see the world as it is. She's a bit up in the clouds. She cannot fit in.

generosity involved in proactively forgiving other people. This form of generosity, and the positive feelings it evokes in generous forgivers, have been shown by studies to reduce stress, tension, and sadness, and to lead to lower heart rates, lower skin conduction levels, and lower blood pressure. By contrast, those who ungenerously hold grudges are more angry, feel less in control of their lives, and, partly as a result, exhibit symptoms of unhealthy physical conditions.

there is a secret to silence-active listening.

The world is awakening to a powerful truth: Women and girls aren't the problem; they're the solution.

And you will forgive me too, one day, Asajj Ventress." He hesitated, and took a breath. "That's what you do for…for the one you love.

Fear makes people do cruel things, things they'll be ashamed of later

Some orc clans are cruel. They enjoy tormenting and torturing their prey… and their enemies. A Frostwolf takes no joy in suffering. Not even in the suffering of our enemies, and certainly not in that of a simple beast which provides us with nourishment.

I will never, ever stop hoping for peace,' he said. His voice trembled with leashed emotion. 'I have seen too much good in too many people to paint them all as evil and worthy of slaughter. And I will also never stop believing that people can change. But I realize now that I've been like a farmer expecting to harvest crops from a poisoned field. It's simply not possible' . . . 'People can change,' Anduin repeated. 'But some people will never- never -desire to do so.

I will never, ever stop hoping for peace, he said. His voice trembled with leashed emotion. I have seen too much good in too many people to paint them all as evil and worthy of slaughter. And I will also never stop believing that people can change. But I realize now that I've been like a farmer expecting to harvest crops from a poisoned field. It's simply not possible . . . People can change, Anduin repeated. But some people will never- never -desire to do so.

For a moment, she spared compassion for him. What had his life been like when he was a youngling? There had been no one to give him hugs or tell stories, no loving parental hands to soothe childhood's nightmares. Only brothers, identical in every way, who had been raised as clinically as he. Brothers, and duty, and death.

Grieved are we all, to see so many suffer," he said. "Courage, the youngling had, at the end. Forgotten, she and her people will not be.

I don't want to be part of mass murder

Hay momentos en los que incluso el corazón más bondadoso y comprensivo debe decir: No, ya basta. Y ese momento ha llegado.

Something was broken in me, but it wasn't so easy to recognise. I couldn't explain it. I couldn't say to my mother and Teddy, Sometimes my right mind doesn't work, and I have to use my left. There was no way for them to reproduce my injury and understand what was happening. Even if they could, I had the feeling they'd never stick with it. I had the feeling they'd give up before we finished breakfast.

All I wanted was a man who could love and who loved me, who I could share my secrets with and know his.

I've been dead over seventy years and still when I hear a woman scream, I find myself standing, listening, wanting to help and unable to do anything except watch.

When she thought of how Lord Northcliff was ruining the life of a poor, sweet, old lady, she wanted to shriek with frustration. She wanted to shake him until he saw sense. She wanted to . . . she wanted to arrange a carriage accident that would finish him off.

Oh, God. Not again." Not again? "Do you make a habit of driving into people's houses?

If only he hadn't tasted the loneliness on her lips and recognized the same loneliness that pervaded his soul.

Whatever men say, women know;

If you need to talk about your childhood, you're safe with me. If you need to break into a million pieces, I'm right here, Lev. I'll find them all, I'm good at details, and I'll put you back together. You're safe here.

I look at you, and I see the most beautiful woman on the face of the earth. Inside and out you are beautiful. I know you better than anyone else could ever know you, because I can see into your thoughts and read your memories. The very light in you, our tremendous capacity for loving, humbles me.