Quotes About Empathy

no burdens were shed – they were merely passed from the shoulders of one to those of another.

It is all my fault! But the blind man when he stumbles over a stone, curses the stone, not the blindness that made him stumble. 17

A very poor man lives upon crumbs, and smiles gratefully—through tears. 6

Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh.

Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humor. He will always use it in evidence against you.

Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.

The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.

Eenarmigen moeten elkaar helpen bij het applaudisseren.

Droom: dat de hele mensheid bij elkaar komt, in een soort honderdduizendvoudig Feyenoord-stadion, en gezamenlijk begint te huilen van 'zie ons hier zitten'.

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow-men; and along those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.

See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.

Do thyself no harm! for we are all here!

It is not our purpose to become each other it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.

Love is stronger than violence.

The hearer must be of one mind with the speaker, my son, and of one spirit as well; he must have hearing quicker than the speech of the speaker.

This is true religion—knowing there is a bond among all living things. Having understood this, there is nothing to mourn, because even though nothing can ever be retained, nothing is ever lost.

Silence between 2 is always shared. But 1 of the 2 owns it and shares it with the other.

She stroked my hair. Sweet, damp sounds + smells from the ground. Clusters of clouds against the unwrinkled sky. She must have thought my tears were of pain.

Who is "I" in "I hurt"? The one who inflicts the pain or the one who suffers it? And does "hurt" refer to the inflicting or the suffering?

He had never refused to confront any of his wife's facets, however hurtful or confusing he found them.

The faceless silhouettes seemed to look at each other, as if wishing they could resolve the situation between themselves, without having to trouble their owners.

It is better to be envied than pitied.

One man envies the success in life of another, and hates him in secret; nor is he willing to give him good advice when he is consulted, except it be by some wonderful effort of good feeling, and there are, alas, few such men in the world. A real friend, on the other hand, exults in his friend?s happiness, rejoices in all his joys, and is ready to afford him the best advice.