Quotes About Empathy

Don't get bogged down by life and other people's problems or hang ups.

I love fiction because in fiction you go into the thoughts of people, the little people, the people who were defeated, the poor, the women, the children that are never in history books.

Surely the world we live in is but the world that lives in us.

The bickering and fighting and hating that women do with each other - it's going to kill us as a race of people.

A woman who is careful with her words is a gift to all who know her.

So loud was the wailing of the women and children that there was not one man among us whose heart did not bleed at the sound.

What a great advantage a man can have over women, if he only knew what cold and calculating thoughts are going through her mind.... while her eyes are brimming with tears.

It is unmanly. It is not some expression of macho virtue. It is the absolute antithesis of this. Real men don't bully women and children. Respect for women ... is so important.

Don't be scared...Women can handle the worst kind of pain. You'll find out one day.

When are we going to realize that hating other women - no matter how much money they have or how far they've fallen - is just as bad for ourselves as it is for anyone else?

Sensibility is the power of woman.

That's why they're man's best friend. 'Cause guys want buddies that are dumber than they are. So do women, but they've already got men

Men and women are immigrants in each other's worlds.

Other women looked on me as a rival. And it pained me a great deal.

If we make our goal to live a life of compassion and unconditional love, then the world will indeed become a garden where all kinds of flowers can bloom and grow.

Good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don't hurt.

After about 20 years of marriage, I'm finally starting to scratch the surface of what women want. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate.

But really, we also need to learn how to love one another as women. How to appreciate and respect each other.

Many men honestly do not know what women want, and women honestly do not know why men find what they want so hard to comprehend and deliver.

The jealous are the readiest of all to forgive, and all women know it.

After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and a man's so dull that he can look right through his wife without seeing her.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.

I know men are delicate origami creatures who need women to unfold them, hold them when they cry. But I am tired of being your savior and I am tired of telling you why.

When you limit a woman's potential, you limit your own.