Quotes About Empathy

Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.

Compassion refers to the arising in the heart of the desire to relieve the suffering of all beings.

The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being

Altruism is for those who cannot endure their desires.

People hunger for more attention. Full attention will be the aphrodisiac of the future.

Many Democrats are sincere in their desire to help others.

My true desire is to relieve others of their pain, though I myself may fall into hell.

We must recognize that all beings want the same thing we want. This is the way to achieve a true understanding, unfettered by artificial consideration.

I just have a desire not to judge and view things compassionately.

Reciting part of a sutra with the desire to benefit others is like reciting a recipe in the hope it will prevent people from starving.

Let him that desires to see others happy, make haste to give while his gift can be enjoyed, and remember that every moment of delay takes away something from the value of his benefaction.

I believe in the goodness of fellow human beings. We have a true desire for greatness and genuine good intention to be helpful to others. That's enough. Change is possible.

Ethics: The indispensable interface between my desire to be happy and yours.

Chris: I don't know why it is, but every time I reach out for something I want, I have to pull back because other people will suffer.

You are someone; that's enough. Everybody's feelings are ultimately the same. The desire to be special, to be wanted, to be seen. That's the same, too.

I think my initial desire to start making art came from a desire and a need to communicate but not having anyone to communicate to.

Ahimsa is the eradication of the desire to injure or to kill.

Don't badger people without children into admitting the secret desire for children you're sure they have to you! Don't badger anyone! Leave the badgering to the badgers.

the way to wean any one from a desire is not by condemnation of it.

If the people who hurt us have anger or desperation within them then they suffer. When you see that someone suffers, you might be motivated by a desire to help him not to suffer anymore.

Use your unconscious mind to read other people's intents, emotions, and desires.

We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God's sake.

If my hand on yours trembles it's because bodies never lie.

My heart is the throne of the Beloved, the Beloved the heart's destiny: Whoever breaks another's heart will find no homecoming in this world or any other.