Quotes About Empathy

And then they want the person to change. If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

All we achieve by exacting revenge is to make ourselves the equals of our enemies, whereas by forgiving we show wisdom and intelligence.

Seek out those who think differently from you and whom you will never be able to convince that you are right.

Veronika had noticed that a lot of people she knew would talk about the horros in other people's lives as if they were genuinely concerned to help them, but the truth was that they took pleasure in the suffering of others, because that made them believe they were happy and that life had been generous with them

For most people generosity consists only in giving and yet receiving is also an act of love.allowing someone else to make us happy will make them happy too

Look around. And don't get close to people who make you suffer.

Join with those who sing, tell stories, take pleasure in life, and have joy in their eyes, because joy is contagious and can prevent others from becoming paralyzed by depression, loneliness, and difficulties.

In order to hear Love's words, you must allow Love to approach.

One person's courage will help the other person to be equally brave.

In a world where everyone struggles to survive whatever the cost, how could one judge those people who decide to die?

Those who truly want the best of us want us to be happy.

Anyone who does not share his moments of joy and discouragement with others will never fully know his own qualities and his own defects

If you spend too much time trying to find out what is good or bad about someone else, you'll forget your own soul and end up exhausted and defeated by the energy you have wasted in judging others.

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phone is no longer simply a method of communicating with others, but a thread of hope, a way of believing that you're not alone, a way of showing others how important you are.

She said, 'The most important thing in all human relationships is conversation, but people don't talk anymore, they don't sit down to talk and listen. They go to the theater, the cinema, watch television, listen to the radio, read books, but they almost never talk. If we want to change the world, we have to go back to a time when warriors would gather around a fire and tell stories.

But how to explain suffering because of a man? It's not explainable. With that kind of suffering, a person feels as if they're in hell, because there is no nobility, no greatness - only misery.

Naturally, I seek consolation in other people's suffering.

I can only conclude that worse than hunger or thirst, worse than being unemployed, unhappy in love or defeated and in despair, far worse than any of all those things, is feeling that no one, absolutely no one, cares about us.

I'm not saying: Seek out people who think the same as you. I'm saying: Seek out those who think differently from you and whom you will never be able to convince that you are right.

Even worse are those people who say: I'm happy because I'm sacrificing my life for those I love. And do you think that people who love us want to see us suffering for their sakes? Do you tink that love is a source of suffering? To be honest, yes Well, it shouldn't be

If he was the man she wanted him to be, he would not be intimidated by her silence.

The eyes are the mirror of the soul and reflect everything that seems to be hidden; and, like a mirror, they also reflect the person looking into them. So if the person looking into someone's eyes has a dark soul, he will see only his own ugliness.

tormented souls have this incredible ability to recognize and approach one another, thus compounding their grief.