Quotes About Empathy

Ninguém é nada sozinho, somos o nosso comportamento com o outro".

Yo vengo sin idiomas desde mi soledad, y sin idiomas voy hacia la tuya. No hay nada que decir, pero supongo que hablaremos desnudos sobre esto, algo después, quitándole importancia, avivando los ritmos del pasado, las cosas que están lejos y que ya no nos duelen.

Aprender a estar sola, sin ser un náufrago, y lograr que las voces que acuden a esa soledad sean compañeras.

La sensibilidad al dolor no tiene nada que ver con entender

IN LAK'ECH Tú eres mi otro yo. You are my other me. Si te hago daño a ti, If I do harm to you, Me hago daño a mi mismo. I do harm to myself. Si te amo y respeto, If I love and respect you, Me amo y respeto yo. I love and respect myself.

y es que el amor pues como que es una cosa de dos personas o más si se quiere pero que no debe salir de esas dos o tres o seis personas porque a nadie le puede interesar a nadie le debe interesar ¿verdad? lo que esas personas hagan con sus vidas privadas

You know quite well that suffering can't be driven from the world by violence. Nor can it be wiped out by bread, work, and welfare. You do know that, don't you? You yourself are full of tears that cannot be wiped away.

It's cool to play a sinister bad guy who also has a human side.

I always want to have a personal relationship with everybody that works for me.

Drought brings out the worst in us and it's easy to hate your fellow human beings.

Anyone can be anyone

The things about yourself you fear are the most personal are also the most universal." Trust

Ill-considered but well-intentioned actions do more good that actions that are well-considered but cruel.

Abuse and respect are diametric opposites: You do not respect someone whom you abuse, and you do not abuse someone whom you respect.

It is fine to commiserate with a man about his bad experience with a previous partner, but the instant he uses her as an excuse to mistreat you, stop believing anything he tells you about that relationship and instead recognize it as a sign that he has problems with relating to women.

Encourage the women in your life—your friends, sisters, mothers, daughters—to insist on dignity and respect, to have faith in themselves, to be proud. Expect boys and men to be respectful, kind, and responsible, and don't settle for less.

For decades, many therapists have been attempting to help abusive men change by guiding them in identifying and expressing feelings. Alas, this well-meaning but misguided approach actually feeds the abuser's selfish focus on himself, which is an important force driving his abusiveness.

The vast majority of women who say that they are being abused are telling the truth. I know this to be true because the abusers let their guard down with me, belying their denial.

abuse is the opposite of love. The more a man abuses you, the more he is demonstrating that he cares only about himself. He may feel a powerful desire to receive your love and caretaking, but he only wants to give love when it's convenient.

Our society should not buy into the abusive man's claim that holding him accountable is an act of cruelty.

He often has difficulty conceiving of her as a human being. This tendency in abusers is known as objectification or depersonalization.

You do not respect someone whom you abuse, and you do not abuse someone whom you respect.

Genuine love means respecting the humanity of the other person, wanting what is best for him or her, and supporting the other person's self-esteem and independence. This kind of love is incompatible with abuse and coercion.

On those days when his nasty or rejecting side comes out first thing, tell yourself, "His coldness is his problem, not mine. He's the one who's missing out. I'm not going to let him ruin my day.