Quotes About Empathy

She endured her own nature and supposed it to be the burden of another's.

Why isn't one taught how to be loved? Why isn't one taught anything?

If I could be half the person my dog is, I'd be twice the human I am.

You want to tell a story? Grow a heart. Grow two. Now, with the second heart, smash the first one into bits.

Dog sighs are some form of distilled truth. What does he know? What do dogs know? Ed sighs like he knows the truth about me and he loves me anyway.

She whispers to you: Let me do the talking. You nod, unsure why you're going along with her, oh yeah, you are probably in love with her already, that's why.

People are dying and my generation just does not care. Including me. But I want to care. I really want to. I want to care so bad.

If I could be half the person my dog is, I would be twice the human I am.

What are you looking for? Do you think you're the only group to be invisible? How about: Older women Older people in general People that are overweight People that don't conform to conventional Western beauty standards Black women Women in general in the workplace Are you sure you're not looking for something that you feel entitled to? Isn't this a kind of narcissism?

Also, your operating system? You should be nicer to her. You love her, right? But you're just kind of mean to her. You should tell her. You should tell her while you have the chance.

By putting ourselves below everyone, we're building in a self-defense mechanism. Protecting against real engagement. By imagining that no one wants us, that all others are so different from us, we're privileging our own point of view.

If I could be half the person my dog is, I would be twice the human I am. from How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

She doesn't look at me, but I feel, or maybe I wish or I imagine, that something in the way that she does not look at me is not quite the same. She is not-looking at me in a way that feels like she is consciously not-looking at me. And from the way she is not-looking at me, I can tell she knows that I am trying to not-look at her. We are both not-looking at each other. And yet, there is something in the way she is not-looking at me. For the first time in a long while, I have hope.

if you travel with an open mind and a good heart, and remain respectful of the country you're in, then you should be fine.

It is never wise to seek or wish for another's misfortune. If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang.

we spend more time gazing at luminous screens than into the eyes of our loved ones.

One of the benefits of aligning yourself with an indistinct cluster of people is that claiming to feel their pain is often enough.

There must be millions of people all over the world who never get any love letters... I could be their leader.

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery.

I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.

The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.

More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness

Your Pain May Give Laugh To Somebody But Your Laugh Shouldn't Give Pain To Anybody