Quotes About Empathy

And the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies.

But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.

A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart.

Laughing Faces Do Not Mean That There Is Absence Of Sorrow! But It Means That They Have The Ability To Deal With It

Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all.

I pity you That's a degree to love

Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee...

You see we do, yet see you but our hands And this the bleeding business they have done: Our hearts you see not; they are pitiful

Aku seorang pekerja sejati, Aku makan dari hasil kerjaku, Membeli pakaian dengan uang sendiri, Aku tidak membenci orang lain, Tidak iri pada kebahagiaan orang lain, dan senang menyaksikan kesejahteraan orang lain.

You gotta be cruel to be kind.

His injury the gaoler to his pity.

Go, go, good countrymen, and, for this fault, Assemble all the poor men of your sort; Draw them to Tiber banks, and weep your tears Into the channel, till the lowest stream Do kiss the most exalted shores of all.

Shame to him whose cruel striking, kills for thoughts of his own liking.

Tutti gli uomini sanno dare consigli e conforto al dolore che non provano.

Love loving not itself, none other can.

Lady Macduff: Now God help thee, poor monkey! But how wilt thou do for a father? Son: If he were dead, you'd weep for him. If you would not, it were a good sign that I should quickly have a new father.

A friend should bear his friend's infirmities

Then with the losers let it sympathize, for nothing can seem foul to those that win.

Raised in the Episcopal church, I was once removed from my pew, at age six, because I could not control my weeping. Unbeknownst to anyone, I had been staring at a terrible, glorious stained-glass window of the crucifixion and grieving for the pain Christ must have endured. The arresting mosaic of that forlorn image etched itself indelibly upon me. And yet at some point, I became emotionally and empathically detached.

Let your love flow out on all living things.

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it. -- William Styron (born June 11 1925)

You live several lives while reading.

depression, which can be as serious a medical affair as diabetes or cancer.

No, I wasn't trying to make Nat Turner look stupid. I was trying to make him more human. More like me. Angry, impotent, confused about his own sexuality. Wait a minute, that didn't come out right. Is that microphone really on?