Quotes About Empathy

Yet I don't think about it now like I didn't get a fair shake or something. Every family goes through their own pain, even though you might not see it on the outside. Self-pity is a weakness. I don't blame them or anybody for not having a normal life. Life isn't easy for anyone.

Dogs could mellow a wild boy, or open up a shy one.

If a guy truly likes you, but for personal reasons he needs to take things slow, he will let you know that immediately. He won't keep you guessing, because he'll want to make sure you don't get frustrated and go away.

I'm reaching out my hand. I hope you are too. I just want to be in the dark with you.

I don't need to read the news. I see it on the faces of everyone I meet.

When giving money to the amputated, you must put it directly into their pockets.

Often when she thought she was reading his body

Rakesh said, 'What do the Aloof think we can do with this, that they can't do themselves?' 'Give a damn?' Parantham suggested.

Who exactly am I saving from shame, when I'll live and die in every possible way?

You needed someone to vent to, and I had enough distance from it that it didn't weigh me down. I could commiserate and walk away.

Is a stranger in a crowd less than human, just because you can't witness her inner life?

All we can ever know about are the portraits of each other inside our own skulls.

Into a world splattered with hate, the body of Christ must now move-dripping with grace and veined with love.

We are to share what we've gone through with one another. This is how we encourage one another. This is how we embody the very presence of the God of all comfort.

Our words-backed with action-have the power to heal.

Start with humility. It's an ingredient in all loving communities.

You can't build happiness on someone else's pain.

I have an idea," Cazio said after a moment. "What a lonely creature it must be.

Look, I know you're probably mad at me-" "'Probably' mad at you?" Annaïg exploded. "You tried to kill me!" "Yes, I see now how that might upset you," Slyr said.

Wake up, my guest / You have slept long / In the house of my ribs, / The House of my heart / Wake up now, / See through my eyes, / Walk with my feet, / Yush, my old friend

Every testimony is valid because there is someone out there a lot like you.

Good pictures. Tragedy and violence certainly make powerful images. It is what we get paid for.But there is a price extracted with every such frame: some of the emotion, the vulnerability, the empathy that makes us human, is lost every time the shutter is released.

That day Haji Ali taught me the most important lesson I've ever learned in my life. We Americans think you have to accomplish everything quickly. We're the country of thirty-minute power lunches and two-minute football drills...Haji Ali taught me to share three cups of tea, to slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects. He taught me that I had more to learn from the people I work with than I could ever hope to teach them.

Abdul brushed the dirt from the American's forehead, where it had been pressed to the cool ground. "Not Pakistan man," he said. "But if you say Bosnia, I believe.