Quotes About Empathy

We should only be concerned with being better for the world, not the world being better for us because the former is the way to achieving the latter and the world is already best for us.

The world of empirical morality consists for the most part of nothing but ill will and envy.

An absent friend gives us friendly company when we are well assured of his happiness.

We are accustomed to see men deride what they do not understand, and snarl at the good and beautiful because it lies beyond their sympathies.

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.

If you don't feel it, you'll never get it.

Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.

It is ever true that he who does nothing for others, does nothing for himself.

Love does not dominate; it cultivates. ? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Iznad naroda je ljudskost.

Quiero disfrutar dentro de mí lo que ha disfrutado el conjunto de la humanidad. Quiero apresar con mi espíritu lo más elevado y lo más sumido en la profundidad, amontonar su ventura y su dolor en mi pecho y, de esta manera, ampliar mi yo y convertirlo en el suyo, y, al final, sucumbir como ella misma.

Friend, we are all human, and the bit of sense any one of us might have is of little or no use when the passions rage and by the constraints of being human we are put under duress." [...] And we parted, not having understood one other. But then here on earth no one ever easily understands anyone else.

Mistrust all those in whom the desire to punish is imperative - Goethe

Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either

When peace comes we will perhaps in time be able to forgive the Arabs for killing our sons, but it will be harder for us to forgive them for having forced us to kill their sons. Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us.

Empathy is just another way to talk about yourself.

I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile.

The key is to learn to respect and honor the complications of other people's lives

if we cultivate compassion for those who have hurt us, we have the possibility of overcoming our anger,pain, and fear. compassion is a great medicine.

the smile you give is the smile you get back.

Every day you can ask yourself, "Have I helped my children understand their gifts and talents? Did I empathize with their feelings enough? Is there something I can do or say now to help strengthen our connection?

The key is to make sure that even if you're not doing "it," you're still doing something – touching, kissing, hugging. Personally, my heart gets warm and mushy when my husband rubs my feet after a long, tiring day. He may not be anywhere near my g-spot, but that little bit of touch and attention keeps us connected even when we're not having spine-tingling sex. (on 8 things no one tells you about marriage)

Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.

Remember, the burden of sorrow is doubled when it is borne alone.