Quotes About Empathy

Marriage itself is consummated with the literal bodily union of husband and wife. From that point on, the husband should regard the wife as his own flesh. If she hurts, he ought to feel the pain. If she has needs, he should embrace those needs as his own. He should seek to feel what she feels, desire what she desires, and in effect, give her the same care and consideration he gives his own body.

A loving wife hears even what goes unsaid.

The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesnt say.

The most happy marriage I can imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman.

Most women have a good deal of pity for some other woman's husband

Take care of him. And make him feel important. And if you can do that, you'll have a happy and wonderful marriage. Like two out of every ten couples.

Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid.

Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate.

A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time.

After a few years of marriage a man can look right at a woman without seeing her and a woman can see right through a man without looking at him.

Whenever you want to marry someone, go have lunch with his ex-wife.

To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.

A woman who has made fun of her husband can love him no more

What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.

The less we allow ourselves to be touched by life's full array of experiences, the less life reaches out to touch us with the depth of its meaning.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. Be a tree, give fruits, flowers, shade to others without expecting anything from others. Whatever you want from others first you have to give that to others. Whatever you give to others, you will be given in return. If you give love, respect to others then surely you will be given love and respect from others. Thats why we should learn to give good things to others.

God created you to make people happy, to make them feel special and loved. So before you do something for yourself think of what you could do for others.

I miss having someone that cares about what I did yesterday, what I'm doing right now, and what I'm going to do tomorrow.,..

Thats how you know you love someone, I guess, when you cant experience anything without wishing the other person were there to see it, too.

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.

Cherish and be thankful for everything you have because there are so many people out there who are struggling to make two ends meet.

You believed in me when no one else did; you accepted me for who I am when people rejected me; and you helped and comforted me when there was no one else to lend me a helping hand. Thank you.

Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.