Quotes About Empathy

Why is my father not here? I will tell you why. He knows she scattered the horses of every man in the village, leaving us defenseless against an attack. He knows she left without permission. He knows she has dishonored me! He sits in his lodge and says it is sure enough a good thing if I find her and beat her." "He sits in his lodge because he has old knees that ache.

God gave us tears to wash away the pain. It's okay to cry, even if you're a guy, because there's no shame in loving people and feeling really sad when you lose them. Every tear tells the world how much you cared.

I know, but this one is important." He cupped his hand to her chin and looked deep into her eyes. "When you lie down tonight and close your eyes to fall asleep, take me with you. If the nightmares come, dream that I'm there." He pressed his cheek to hers. She felt wetness touch her skin. "Don't face them alone anymore.

She realized now that there was no good or bad, no right or wrong, just people fighting for their lives. Wonderful people, who lived and loved and laughed.

She has touched me. My hatred for her has gone the way of the wind.

I know, but this one is important." He cupped his hand to her chin and looked deep into her eyes. "When you lie down tonight and close your eyes to fall asleep, take me with you. If the nightmares come, dream that I'm there." He pressed his check to hers. She felt wetness touch her skin. "Don't face them alone anymore.

I was just thinking. Once I get home, we'll be enemies again. My people would shoot you if you ever came around. And that--" She sniffed and swiped at her eyes. "That makes me sad. And sort of scared. What if there was an Indian attack? What if I--" She turned her head to study him. "I might look down the barrel of a rifle someday, and it might be you at the other end." "I will not lift my blade against you.

If we meet in battle, I will know the song your heart sings, eh? And you will know mine.

Why? You ever seen those tiny cages they stick cats in? And those

You will be my friend again?" he asked huskily. "We will make laughter together, yes? And you will lie beside me when we sleep, with no fear, because my hand upon you is the hand of your good friend." "I'd like to be friends again--truly I would." "Then it will be so.

But somewhere, sometime, someone must say, 'Today I will not seek revenge.' Someone has to say, 'We will stop' and mean it, or the bloodshed will go on and on, endless, until we destroy the entire human race.

lots of money and the power it gives them. With others it's a person. I think that's the worst kind when it's applied to a human being.

I had said that to him dozens of times over the . . . ' 'Yes, we have heard you make that statement already. Now will you

She realized with a sort of depressed relief that she had no close friend to call, to tell them not to worry about her.

Acquire inner peace and a multitude will find their salvation near you.

Acting is also working with people who invite you into their dreams and trust you with their innermost being.

I cannot imagine having a physical relationship with a woman. I have not done that. But I really love women.

It's always difficult to play a scene of physical violence because you're always afraid that you don't know your own strength and might hurt someone.

Writers seldom choose as friends those self-centered characters who are never in trouble, never make mistakes, and always count their change as it is handed to them.

Even across the dark, even across the loss, even across the emptiness, soul will speak to soul

Finn smiled ruefully. "I'm a Prisoner, old man. Just like you.

It's difficult to move beyond nasty feelings if you keep reinventing new ones.

She says you're not truly human until you've had your heart broken and you've broken someone's heart.

But it turns out that even if I don't talk a lot, when it's something that matters I still have a lot to say.