Quotes About Empathy

Peace cultures thrive on and are nourished by visions of how things might be, in a world where sharing and caring are part of the accepted lifeways for everyone.

War is obsolete. We are not here to fight something or tear something down; We are here to be the example of what is possible. Any sane individual will tell you that violence is ... not the way.

There is something to that old saying that hate injures the hater, not the hated.

Other human beings have a right to peace and happiness that is equal to our own; therefore we have a responsibility to help those in need.

Communication is the key to education, understanding and peace.

If we could read the secret history of our enemies.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace.

I know that you cannot hate other people without hating yourself.

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.

There is nowhere you can go and only be with people who are like you. Give it up.

One has to understand what the enemy is all about: the enemy's history, the enemy's culture, the enemy's aspirations. If you understand these well, you can perhaps move towards peace.

The basis of world peace is the teaching which runs through almost all the great religions of the world. Love thy neighbor as thyself.

In a world of peace and love, music would be the universal language.

No one can find inner peace except by working, not in a self- centered way, but for the whole human family.

Now I can look at you in peace; I don't eat you any more.

You will have no peace until you have discovered how to forgive yourself, to forgive other people and let them forgive you.

[The media can be] the greatest force for peace on the earth [for] it is how we come to understand each other.

Sometimes violence cannot be stopped no matter what we do. But the more peaceful we are, the better chance we have of bringing out the peace in those around us.

Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.

Listening is more important than talking.

Before we can make friends with anyone else, we must first make friends with ourselves.

To eliminate the inner turmoil we must focus our attention inward and act with loving kindness to ourselves—and each other.

Where's the point in fighting and slaying if you can make a friend out of anybeast instead of a foe?

I now understand what Christ suffered in Gethsemane as well as any man living.