Quotes About Empathy

Service of God consists in what we do to our neighbor.

The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.

To God be humble, to thy friend be kind, and with thy neighbors gladly lend and borrow; His chance tonight, it maybe thine tomorrow.

Jesus' response to suffering people and to "nobodies" provides a glimpse into the heart of God. God is not the unmoved Absolute, but rather the Loving One who draws near.

When we hurt, God doesn't always give us lots of words; he gives us the Word; the Word made flesh who is intimately acquainted with our grief and suffering. That's what helps the most.

God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion.

Listen to God with a broken heart. He is not only the doctor who mends it, but also the father who wipes away the tears.

Eating animals is not our God-given right, but being kind to them is.

Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him.

I feel like God has forgiven me of so much, that I will forgive everyone who has hurt us

The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God's compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.

Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less.

If we call ourselves children of God, then others are also children of God.

I thank God every day. That's all I can do. That, and try to help all those other guys who are trying to do what I did.

He who does not see God in the next person he meets need look no further.

Perhaps the best god would be like a woman, because only women really knew how to forgive

Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional.

Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.

God blesses us so that we might bless others!

Once you are in communion with God, you have the eyes to see and the ears to hear other people in whom God has also found a dwelling place.

All God's creatures are His family; and he is the most beloved of God who tries to do most good to God's creatures.

What greater thing can you do - besides for God - than good for other people? That goes for you mean people, too - I mean, really, what is your problem?

Don't settle for helping those who will help you in return or doing a good deed for others to see. Help others without expecting anything back. Even if nobody else cares, God will notice.

God gave people 2 ears and 1 mouth because He wants us to listen twice as much as we talk.