Quotes About Empathy

pain loses its power when we share it.

And to librarians and booksellers everywhere, who ensure that the books with the power to change lives find their way into the hands of the people who need them most.

It is gentle and fierce, forgiving and demanding, and once it finds you, it lives in your heart forever.

She had hunted animals. She had been hunted by animals. But the thought of humans hunting humans—it was difficult for her to understand, and it made her feel ill.

Maybe I owed it to him - and to myself, in a way - to try harder to understand where he was coming from, but the thought of letting down my walls was terrifying. It was my anger that kept me safe.

give to those in need and to do it quietly, for God will know your deeds.

so that he could hear the things she wasn't saying and understand that she was with him.

it's terrible to see her slipping away. It's like standing on the deck of a boat, watching the waves suck someone under, and knowing that there's no life preserver to throw in.

I smile tightly at him. I'm allowed to feel annoyed with my daughter, but he's not. "She's just going through a hard time," I say.

But I think you stand to lose far more when your heart is closed," Chaim said. "That is no life.

can't always change other people's minds. But you can change whether or not you listen to them, can't you?

There's no better cure for snobbiness than a good a** kicking.

That's the thing about misfortune and grief: they have a lot of weight but no mass. You can't lift them on behalf of a friend. But at least you can bring food.

I was so used to feeling the emotions of others that I could not recognize my own.

Nervous people make poor listeners.

Having a mother who cares about you and wants you to be happy must really be rough.

We gotta put our heads together, and stop the violenceCause real bad boys move in silenceWhen you're in a club, you come to chill outNot watch someone's blood just spill outThat's what these other people want to seeAnother race fight endlessly

Men should be told that there is no Black and no White, for Black is White and White is Black. So my advice is this: let us not do anything that might hurt anybody anywhere in the world, for we are part of each soul, and each soul is part of us." We sat silent, nonplussed. So this was the heresy of Bab. Suddenly I heard loud sobbing, turned round and saw Asadulla, his face bathed in tears, and distorted with grief.

If a guest enters your house holding the severed head of your only son in his hand, you must still receive him, offer him food and drink and honour him as a guest.' That is a wise law. But sometimes it is very difficult to keep

You're entitled to your own opinions and your own fantasies, but not your own facts—especially if your fantastical facts hurt people.

It's okay to eat fish because they don't have any feelings.

Please read my diary, look through my things and figure me out.

Peace,love,empathy

It's okay to eat fish because they don't have any feelings.