Quotes About Empathy

A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine.

Love -- not dim and blind but so far-seeing that it can glimpse around corners, around bends and twists and illusion; instead of overlooking faults love sees through them to the secret inside.

Withhold a smile only when the smile can hurt someone. Otherwise, let it bloom forth in a riot.

Whenever you go on a trip to visit foreign lands or distant places, remember that they are all someone's home and backyard.

To be alone with yourself is to be alone. To be in the company of others is to be alone together. The only time you are not alone is when you forget yourself and reach out in love -- the lines of self blur, and just for a wild, flickering moment you experience the miracle of other . And now you know the secret.

When tough times come, it is particularly important to offset them with much gentle softness. Be a pillow.

You cannot be fair to others without first being fair to yourself. Know that a well-honed sense of justice is a measure of personal experience, and all experience is a measure of self. Know that the highest expression of justice is mercy. Thus, as the supreme judge in your own court, you must have compassion for yourself. Otherwise, cede your gavel.

Gift giving is a true art. 1. You need to understand the person to whom you intend to give the gift. 2. You need to know what they truly want. 3. You must be able to give it to them. Anything less is a symptom of varying degrees, on your part, of ignorance, distance, or insult. But if you cannot afford the right gift, telling the person what you would do if you could , justifies everything—as you present that not-so-perfect substitute.

Forget yourself for others, and others will

Doing good to someone in order to reduce self-guilt will only ruin things for both of you.

When understanding another person's problem you help him correctly, even though there is nothing you can do about it.

How long must a fish study to understand human motivation?

Be cool, dear student. The heart of manipulation is to empathize without being touched.

The heart of manipulation is to empathize without being touched.

One of his greatest talents was empathy; no sadist can aspire to perfection without that diagnostic ability.

We're long on high principles and short on simple human understanding.

You are enjoying the gift of genius. When ordinary people are confronted with multiple tragedies, the pain scarcely increases. They simple can't feel the extra burdens. But you have a greater capacity for suffering.

She despised people who gave way to self-pity. Weeping wouldn't do anyone any good.

You nearly died today,' he says. 'I almost shot you. Why didn't you shoot me, Tris?' 'I couldn't do that,' I say. 'It would have been like shooting myself.' He looks pained and leans closer to me, so his lips brush mine when he speaks.

It isn't right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.

A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.

The first step to loving someone else is to recognize the evil in ourselves, so we can forgive them.

She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love... That it should be done from necessity, not without exhausting all other options. That it should be done for people who need your strength because they don't have enough of their own.

Maybe there's more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.