Quotes About Empathy

Perhaps, just perhaps, you're there. How little he needs. Just love. More love. — Christopher Wiseman, from "Bedside Manners," Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems , eds. Phyllis Cole-Dai & Ruby R. Wilson (Grayson Books, 2017)

Christopher Young

Ah," said Lien Shu, "it is true that a blind person cannot appreciate beautiful patterns and forms, and the deaf cannot appreciate the music of bells and drums. Yet blindness and deafness do not only afflict people physically, they also exist in the minds and attitudes of people.

A heart as hard as granite was slowly transformed to a heart ready to give and receive compassion. The story of the prince does that to men. It breaks them down, removes the rubble, and builds a castle where there once was a prison.

A heart as hard as granite was slowly transformed to a heart ready to five and receive compassion. The story of the prince does that to men. It breaks them down, removes the rubble, and builds a castle where there once was a prison.

The next day was much the same, including Ben eating a silent lunch with him on the corner of campus. The third day, Drew looked up at Ben at the end of their lunch. "You always know just what to say." Ben smiled. "When did you start eating sack lunches?" "When my friend did," Ben said without hesitation.

Art and love are the same thing: It's the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.

The idea that I can't share my problems with other people makes me not give a shit about their problems.

This is why I loved the support groups so much. If people thought you were dying, they gave you their full attention. If this might be the last time they saw you, they really saw you… People listened instead of just waiting for their turn to speak. And when they spoke, they weren't telling you a story. When the two of you talked, you were building something, and afterward you were both different than before.

It's not love if it hurts.

Stories have the power to make people feel. To give a shit. To change their opinions. To change the world.

A HUG IS LIKE VIOLENCE MADE OF LOVE.

Attentive listening to others is important regardless of their stations and positions. Wise people consider the deep meaning and true values of all suggestions.

Respect people with honey,they must have had their fair share of bee stings

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

Friendship throws a greater lustre on prosperity, while it lightens adversity by sharing in its griefs and troubles.

There are some duties we owe even to those who have wronged us. There is, after all, a limit to retribution and punishment.

Me pasé varias horas llorando mirándome al espejo, viendo como me caían las lágrimas. Quien diga que nunca lo hizo, miente. Es reconfortable saber que hay testigos de nuestra tristeza, aunque no sea más que nuestro reflejo.

si te estás aprovechando de una persona que está en inferioridad de condiciones, estás abusando.

Ellen could have killed me," Jack said quietly, "but she didn't. She saved my life." "How come?" Fitch demanded. "After all this?" Ellen turned scarlet and stared at the ground. "Maybe none of my opponents ever gave me flowers before," she mumbled.

If he even survives." She shivered, and Amon put his arm around her, drawing her into his steady warmth. "It's that bad?" Raisa nodded. "He looked...he looked awful, Amon. Willo doesn't know if he'll...She's worried about him. My mother died, and I never got to tell her that I loved her, that I finally understood - just a little anyway. If Han dies too, I don't know what I'll do.

What could she tell him? I notice everything about him, from his flawed nose to his battle scars to his eyes as blue as an upland lake at midsummer. Sometimes I see the boy he would have been had it not been for his life at Ragmarket. He wears his pain on his face in unguarded moments; at other times, I can see just how dangerous he is. No, she couldn't say any of that.

Why is it always easier to be optimistic about somebody else's worries?" Adrian said with a bitter laugh.

I have to believe that people can change. That people deserve a second chance.