Quotes About Empathy

I understand that forgiveness does not come cheaply. It's something that comes from the heart. And I can just ask the people that were involved directly and indirectly, and were affected by this case, to consider forgiving me.

For this crime we should beg the souls of the dead and their families for forgiveness,

I believe in sympathy, compassion and forgiveness,

This movie is about forgiveness,

Tolkien offers sympathy, surrender, friendship and, most of all, forgiveness.

Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is an attitude.

A forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note, torn in two and burned up, so that it never can be shown against the man.

Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot understand (seeing nothing else to do) and understand what we cannot pardon.

Forgiveness is the act of admitting we are like other people.

What power has love but forgiveness?

When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it.

To understand is to forgive, even oneself.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.

It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.