Quotes About Empathy

Persecutors, like Victims, act out of fear. The may seem fearless, but actually Persecutors are almost always former Victims.

Is she dead?" "No." "A pity.

Dictionaries stop where the heart starts.

Los lectores siempre se encuentran a sí mismo, de una forma o de otra, en un libro. Leer es un estímulo completamente egoísta. Buscamos inconscientemente lo que nos dice algo. Por muy estrambóticas o improbables que sean las historias que los escritores crean, siempre habrá lectores que les dirán: «¡Increíble! ¡Ha escrito usted mi vida!»

Readers always find themselves in a book, in one way or another. Reading is a completely egotistical pleasure. Unconsciously we expect books to speak to us. An author can write the most farfetched or implausible story ever, but there will still be readers who will still be readers who will say: 'I don't believe it: you wrote the story of my life!

According to him, it was not a question of liking or not liking to read, but of finding the book that was meant for you. Everybody could love reading, as long as they had the right book in their hands, a book that spoke to them, a book they could not bear to part with.

No he dejado de pensar en usted, y cuando pensaba en usted, eso quería decir que pensaba en mí.

Mais existent-ils, ces mots qui atténuent la haine des autres?

conocemos alguna vez de verdad los sentimientos de un muerto?

Las palabras siempre tiene una meta, buscan la mirada ajena. Escribir para uno mismo sería como hacer el equipaje para no marcharse.

Por mucho que se racionalicen las cosas, siempre es el cuerpo el que decide cuánto tardan en cicatrizar las heridas afectivas.

Auf die ein oder andere Weise erkennt sich ein Leser in einem Buch immer selbst wieder. Angeregtes Lesen ist die totale Egomanie. Man ist automatisch auf der Suche nach dem, was einen persönlich anspricht. Ein Autor kann eine völlig groteske und unwahrscheinlich anmutende Geschichte erzählen, es wird immer einen Leser geben, der verkündet: »Unglaublich, Sie haben mein Leben aufgeschrieben!«

Es muy violento sentirse excluido del dolor del otro cuando uno lo que quiere es compartirlo

Hay cuerpos que son consuelos

Convirtió los fracasos de los otros en su propio triunfo.

Comprendía el poder cicatrizador de la belleza. Frente a un cuadro no somos juzgados, el intercambio es puro, la obra parece entender nuestro dolor y nos consuela a través del silencio, permanece en una eternidad fija y tranquilizadora, su único objetivo es colmarnos mediante las ondas de lo bello. Las tristezas se olvidan con Botticelli, los miedos se atenúan con Rembrandt y las penas se reducen con Chagall.

Nada mejor que las vidas ajenas para no vivir la propia.

The really important kind of freedom involves attention and awareness and discipline, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them over and over in myriad petty, unsexy ways every day.

This is nourishing, redemptive we become less alone inside.

You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.

Lonely people tend, rather, to be lonely because they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans. They are allergic to people. People affect them too strongly.

That sometimes human beings have to just sit in one place and, like, hurt. That you will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do. That there is such a thing as raw, unalloyed, agendaless kindness. That it is possible to fall asleep during an anxiety attack. That concentrating on anything is very hard work.

The inclusive atmosphere of the class was the key driver of allowing the class to be eager to learn. The focus really shifted away from grades and points, and towards understanding concepts and learning." The key link is between inclusivity and the shift of focus away from test scores. When students are given the responsibility to support each other, their own score falls down the list of priorities.

Love is staying up all night with a sick child — or a healthy adult.