Quotes About Empathy

And yet he had learned to submerge that sense of horror, to disregard the outward appearance of it, to regard all life as brother life, to meet all things as people.

Well," said Winslowe, moving over to plant himself behind the wheel, "it don't matter much what any of us are, just so we get along with one another. If some of the nations would only take a lesson from some small neighborhood like ours—a lesson in how to get along—the world would be a whole lot better.

He sank his head in his hand to blot out the light. For the first time in his life he suffered from more than a personal sense of loss. He suffered because others suffered.

The right word at the right time stops wars, cures heartaches, mends bridges, sweeps away barriers. The wrong word is the dropped match that lights a forest fire. 

Killing another human being is not something you get used to. It takes away their life and subtracts something from your own, a fine layer of your humanity.

If in the course of the day you do a good deed for a stranger, that stranger will do a good deed for a stranger who might be you.

A few words in a stranger's language reminds us of our shared humanity.

A young boy was asked by an old man, What is your dream?. The boy said, I want to build a country so I can adopt all homeless people from all over the world.

People will keep on doing the same things they like to do in many places not because they don't care about others. They just keep on holding on to opportunities while chances are still not ceased.

A person remembers different people when in need. But when the person doesn't need anything anymore, the person forgets almost everything even the people's names.

Any person or any nation can be stoned to death for being misjudged.

Being homeless is not the absence of the soul. I was homeless and needed help. Help yourself too, even if others will not offer anything for you.

Body language is good enough to express yourself.

Companionship accelerates caring and compassion even for those people who are not so closed to the one being loved.

Do not turn your back on those who have misjudged you for no good reasons. If you cannot love them back for being so cruel and mean, send them a note of gratitude to let them feel your expression of humility.

Give alms to the needy because you want to do it, not because of pity.

Many people want to talk at the same time when no one listens. When one talks, everybody leaves.

The world becomes smaller when some people shuts the door for others.

There is no time limit for caring. And don't wait for anybody to look for you or ask about you if you don't have time for everything.

Thinking like human is the easy part. Acting and living like human is the hard part.

Do you need a heartfelt-response for anything?... Use your heart in questioning.

Show your love to the world and don't keep it to yourself. That's what love is for!

There are many jobs in the world that require too much walking and talking, not listening. You can do the walking by just talking. But not talking while walking. Listening is bound somewhere.

There are more and more people living with selflessness than those needing attention. Selflessness in their hearts, not in their minds.