Quotes About Empathy

A monk is a man who considers himself one with all men because he seems constantly to see himself in every man.

I saw a great many men die afterwards, some suffering horribly, but I do not recall any death that affected me quite so much as that of this first victim in my platoon.

Every man rejoices twice when he has a partner in his joy. He who shares tears with us wipes them away. He divides them in two, and he who laughs with us makes the joy double.

O men! you can take life easily but, remember, none of you can give life! So, have mercy, have compassion! And, never forget, that compassion makes the world noble and beautiful.

When a man has pity on all living creatures then only is he noble.

Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on.

Every man should have a fair-sized cemetary in which to bury the faults of his friends.

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.

Refinement that carries us away from our fellow-men is not God's refinement.

One who hates is a man holding a magnifying-glass, and when he hates someone, he knows precisely that person's surface, from the soles of his feet all the way up to each hair on the hated head

Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman; they take the look of pain for a sign of constancy or of love.

Every man's happiness is built on the unhappi-ness of another.

If we only save the finger of one man, that's enough.

Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept - and in those tears They washed away the memory of their strife; Then wept again the loss of all those years.

To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eyes.

No circumstances can make it necessary for a man to burst in sunder all the ties of humanity.

When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When he behaves like a beast, he says 'After all, I'm only human.

I think women should always be respected. I'm not going to stand on the corner with a picket sign, but I'm going to support my ladies all the way. But I also understand the views of men as well.

As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?

Men are born for each other's sake, so either teach people or endure them

Every man should bear his own grievances rather than detract from the comforts of another.

To live is not to live for one's self; let us help one another.

The greatest gift given to man by God - is the ability to empathize.

Men shout to avoid listening to one another.