Quotes About Empathy

Estar solo no tiene nada que ver con la cantidad de gente que te rodea.

Cuidar de mi madre significaba no decir nada que pudiera alterar su frágil optimismo.

You know," he said, "this is why I love you so much." Her tone was heartbreakingly warm. "What do you mean?" You don't ask me to go inside because it's cold. You just want to make it easier for me to be where I want to stand.

Even the darkest of villans-can have a hero's heart.

Sometimes your world falls apart. And it's okay for you to let people in and let them see you crumble

See, that's the problem with men and women and relationshits. Shit. Relasinsips. Dammit. Relationships. There, I got it.

That's what love is all about, babe. Forgiveness.

And you know what happens when you fall in love with someone? You want to help that person. You want that person to grow. You want what's best for them.

Smile and the world will smile with you.

When another comedian has a lousy show, I'm the first one to admit it.

The biggest kick I get is to communicate with those who are exiled from the game - in hospitals, homes, prisons - those who have seldom seen a game, who can't travel to a game, those who are blind.

The mythic voice rising from literature and art allows us to be humane. We are not humane because of political power, or education, or even religion. We are humane because we recognize the humanity of others. The writer and the artist appeal to that humanity. For that reason, literature and art are the bones of civilization.

The road my elders dictate is a narrow one, and I no longer believe it to be the road to wisdom. I choose my ow road. I choose to do the right thing, as you call it. I would not choose another companion for that road, and should you choose to walk that road with me, it would be..," his voice faltered, unable to put words to Alain's feelings, but he met her eyes, trying to let his feelings show. Perhaps he succeeded this time, because once again Mari blushed and bent her head.

What do you think is the most important thing you learned in the last couple of years?" "That no one can ever win an argument with the woman they love

I learned how big a difference one person can make, both in the lives of those closest to them, and to many others.

Don't let people suffer! Don't let anyone be hurt! If you can help, then help! What about that is complicated?" Mari demanded. Alain thought about her words. "It is not complicated, but doing it might be…" What was the right word? "Difficult." "Yeah, well, that's me in a nutshell, isn't it?

Jason spoke in a rough voice. "Hating you, hating anybody else, wouldn't make my life any better. My parents think tearing other people down, tearing me down, makes them bigger. But I know it doesn't. It makes them smaller. And I am not going to be like them.

Why am I helping to force other people to live in a way I couldn't stand to live?" The Mage didn't answer, seeming to be sunk in thought, but she didn't know what the answer was, either, and was horrified at having said such a thing.

Do not hate," her father spoke firmly. "I have told you. Hate no one, hate nothing. Oppose those who do wrong, but do not hate.

hate harms no one so much as the one who hates. Do not grant even the worst person such a victory over you.

Real love is hard. Forgetting yourself for another. Love is like fighting uphill against all of your worst instincts.

The measure of who you are," Mari had told her, "is how well you treat people you don't have to treat well.

But people can hurt other people or they can help other people, and I don't want to be someone who hurts.

My father always said that false love is an attempt to force another person to be subjugated to your own illusion, to make that person nothing but a part of you that you can direct and control. But real love means the other person's illusion is more important than yours. You put them first. Like you put me first.