Quotes About Empathy

I not only lived physically away from my native land, but the values and critical judgments of those closest to me became stranger and stranger.

Many religious confessions share common values. They teach that we should do unto others as we would have them do unto us.

To overcome adverse circumstances, you have to learn to overcome your own hang-ups, values, and idiosyncrasies in order to value other people, cultures, and ideas.

Might there be strength for the hard times, humor to ease the tense times, and shoulders always available for the times of tears

Sometimes I cannot understand the things men do. The way they gnash and tear at one another - it's worse than wolves or foxes.

Mankind cannot suffer anywhere without it bringing sorrow to other hearts

He must be suffering, too. She had noted the weary sag of his shoulders, the quivering lips, the tear- filled eyes. Somehow she had never thought of him as hurting- of being capable of understanding how she felt.

A person who lives only for himself destroys himself.

John was a constant talker. Yoko would punctuate his sentences with a "Yes, yes" or some little bit of emphasis.

Done without love, any congress between man and woman degrades the creative intelligence that graces your humanity.

I pity the man who can't cry.

A masterbard's given duty was to ease the hearts of the bereaved.

Chauncey Starr expressed it, "We are loath to let others do unto us what we happily do to ourselves.

but receive much less social support from friendships

Dat wil zeggen dat de problemen van Montana voor het grootste deel niet eenvoudigweg kunnen worden toegeschreven aan zelfzuchtige booswichten die willens en wetens profiteren van hun buren. In plaats daarvan zijn het conflicten tusseen mensen die vanuit hun achtergrond en normen kiezen voor een manier van doen die verschilt van die waar mensen met een andere achtergrond en andere waarden voor kiezen.

We tend to have strong inhibitions about being rude to a live human who is two feet away from us, and whom we can see and hear. But we lose those inhibitions when people are reduced to words on a screen.

I NOW KNOW WHAT JOE MEANT WHEN HE ALWAYS SAID THAT HIS PARENTS WOULD'VE LOVED ME.

It made them feel, as all good books do, less alone.

Berry says, I dislike the thought that some animal has been made miserable in order to feed me

If what you need, in order to feel good about yourself later on, is to show him some mercy - then show him mercy. If you need to tell him the truth, do that. But try to look at in terms of what you're going to be able to live with ten, twenty years down the line.

How many little kids were being orphaned or killed, right that minute, while I was sitting there watching TV?

I'd stand near the fires, looking at people's faces, just soaking up the presence of other human beings. It was never enough, but it was better than nothing.

Said by Colin the dragon: It's somewhat bizarre to learn that many of you (humans)think that other humans are somehow different enough to be hated and killed, when in reality you're all all tiresomely similiar in outlook, needs and motivation, and differ only by peculiar habits, generally shaped by geographical circumstance.

It's somewhat bizarre to learn that many of you think that other humans are somehow different enough to be hated and killed when in reality you're all tiresomely similar in outlook, needs and motivation, and differ only by peculiar habits, generally shaped by geographical circumstances.