Quotes About Empathy

The exceeding delight we take in talking about ourselves should give us cause to fear that we are giving but very little pleasureto our listeners.

Just remember that everyone is struggling; everyone is living with fear and uncertainty and it doesn't matter what their politics are.

People have power and it is very important to respect that. Everybody's had thousands of lifetimes, and who knows what anyone has learned in a lifetime ... respect not fear.

I had discovered a terrible vulnerability I myself which I think of not as cowardliness but as an ability to imagine too much.

I fear that we are beginning to design ourselves to suit digital models of us, and I worry about a leaching of empathy and humanity in that process.

The best antidote for loneliness, hopelessness, and fear is vulnerability: sharing your secrets and talking about what shames you, what you fear.

It's not easy to get close to anyone.... Everyone's afraid of everybody else.... maybe because we're all afraid of ourselves.

I feel like the majority of the fear that I had or that we have we hold from other people. They're like people that we trust they're their fears. All of a sudden we think that they're our fears.

Look around you at the people you've been taught to hate, because hate is just a cloak that hides fear.

Sometimes we just need someone who is like a pencil with an eraser. To write happiness and erase all sadness.

I don't need everybody in my life, I just need a few people who truly understand me.

We need to be tender and willing to show compassion for others, but also have the strength to confront situations that require resolute courage.

Life is full of nice people. If u can't find one, be one.

Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime. It's what unites us. The trick is not to let it destroy your trust in others when that happens. Don't let them take that from you.

Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person's life...

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

If a man expects his woman to be an angel in his life, then he should first create a heaven for her.

If you want to become a light in the lives of other people, your thoughts must first contain a positive charge.

Communication is the oil that lubricates the frictions of life.

If you have nothing in life but a good friend, you're rich.

Every time we give, we are experiencing life at its fullest, filled with a desire to do more.

Compassion is a better vehicle for change than judgment.

One of the deepest secrets in life, is that all that is really worth doing is done for others.

Life is not always the way we want it to be. What matter is we live with good intentions and give happiness to those we meet along the way.