Quotes About Empathy

I don't know why I still feel this pit in my stomach whenever I get a moment to think. I know what the pit is, too; I feel lonely. But I'm not alone, I keep telling myself.

What is private belongs to me alone. What is personal belongs to all of us through the shared experience of being human.

It was at that moment he realized that his spirit was truly human once more. For he no longer remembered how to be alone without being lonely.

After a certain age, you felt a need not to be alone. It grew stronger, like a radio frequency, until finally it was so powerful that you were forced to do something about it.

He didn't want Lucy to grow up feeling alone, surrounded by everything and having nothing.

I squeeze my eyes shut and try to reach for him across the hundreds and hundreds of miles, to send my thoughts into his mind, to let him know he is not alone. But he is. And I can't help him.

Sleeping alone seemed unnatural to me, and pitiful, something done in hospitals or when you're contagious.

We're always alone. You can be in a crowded room and still feel the bite of loneliness. Personally, I find that it bites deepest whenever others are around.

there is always something comforting about knowing that you are not alone. That other people feel the way you do. That you are a bit screwed up, but still normal.

As long as we have books, we are not alone.

For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone.

People always get tired of one another. I grow tired of myself whenever I am left alone for ten minutes, and I am certain that I am fonder of myself than anyone can be of another person.

For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone. Perhaps if I was depressed and isolated, just communicating with these authors through their sentences helped me.

I believe a lot in the relationship between performers. When you're supported by someone's eyes, you're not alone.

I think everyone feels alone in their sadness, and there's a certain value to hearing other people's sad stories.

Nobody enjoys the company of others as intensely as someone who usually avoids the company of others.

Can I say hello?Why?I don't want you to be alone!

Love is when you have a really amazing piece of cake, and it's the very last piece, but you let him have it.

Compassion can drive us to do amazing things and give us perspective.

Just getting to wake up and play somebody else for an entire day is just an amazing thing.

Equality for everybody is great. That would be amazing.

It's the most amazing thing to be able to forgive.

You will accomplish more by kind words and a courteous manner than by anger or sharp rebuke, which should never be used except in necessity.

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.