Quotes About Empathy

When we pass over into how a knight thinks, how a heroine behaves, and how an evildoer can regret or deny wrongdoing, we never come back quite the same; sometimes we're inspired, sometimes saddened, but we are always enriched. Through this exposure we learn both the commonality and the uniqueness of our own thoughts -- that we are individuals, but not alone.

There are many things that would be lost if we slowly lose the cognitive patience to immerse ourselves in the worlds created by books and the lives and feelings of the "friends" who inhabit them.

Whatever our age, we can be changed by the lives of others if we learn to connect the whole of the reading circuit with our moral imagination.

the powerful nature of what entering the lives of others can mean for our own lives. Drama makes more visible what each of us does when we pass over in our deepest, most immersive forms of reading. We welcome the Other as a guest within ourselves, and sometimes we become Other. For a moment in time we leave ourselves; and when we return, sometimes expanded and strengthened, we are changed both intellectually and emotionally.

We should not, certainly, punish other people in general because of an apparent lack of gratitude on the part of some. It could be that people are so busy they seem ungrateful or they actually are thankless! But this is OK I'd rather be nice to someone spoiled than mean to someone who really could use a hand.

Let there be peace At least so blood will not flow forever Stop segregating yourselves and see that we should come together

You're doing OK. You're always doing OK however bad you think you are doing this is another page of the book. But remember the responsibility you can have, or the power you can have, to make the sun shine a little brighter for the person next to you. Even if you never see them again it will mean the world to them, what you can do.

I suppose I want to leave a word with you tonight, that seems to have been applicable and important to everyone lately. And that is remember Mercy, Love and Forgiveness, because this seems to be lacking, and causing and creating a lot of problems for people because it is so lacking. So remember that, first and foremost. And if you're already doing a good job at that, you think good for you! Step it up a bit! That's your challenge. As for me, I must work on these things always too!

If you find yourself to be a sort of an abrasive type of person, perhaps you might try to be gentle, because the truth is that gentleness and kindness are a lot more powerful than we are led to believe. And if you are like this, and people are telling you it doesn't work, don't listen to them do what you know is right.

Singing the blues has always been about alleviating the blues, and that's apparent when you listen to them. Sure is nice to hear that someone else is, or has been where you are, or have been. Because we forget sometimes, that we're all in this together, and we have many, many similar experiences all the time, all across the world, in every age.

I didn't enter into this to get any kind of affirmation or confirmation. I entered into this to see what I could do for other people to give them my sincerity, to give them my love and my care, to take a load off, to have a smile, to have a memory or two.

Unless we understand how it really works and find a a way to express it, giftedness can become a heavy burden.

Health and dignity are indissociable in human beings," he said at the ceremony. "It is a duty to stay close to victims and guarantee their rights." Urbani

But when the seesaw of good fortune sinks downward for one person, it is very often on its way up for someone else. This little-known law of physics is called the Fulcrum of Fortune, and although most people prefer to think of fortune as a wheel that spins, the fulcrum (that is, seesaw) is a more accurate depiction for most of us, since the worse our own luck becomes, the more likely we are to notice the good fortune of those around us and brood about the injustice of it all.

He may not answer me at first, but that is no matter. I have someone to talk to, at last! My words will be like sunshine and air. My voice will rain down on him, and then we shall see what glorious orchid may blossom from this shy, unwanted Weed.

If there is one thing I have learned, from loving Jessamine and even from the evil tasks you have made me do, it is that all forms of life are worthy of compassion.

And this is how otherwise reasonable people end up throwing rocks at one another,

Cassawoof no teeth, no bite, sorry, sorry, sorry.

Maryrose Wood

If you always utter vulgar words or words that pierce others' hearts, hurt them, or cause them to suffer, nobody will. Even your parents and friends who love you would hesitate to do so. Not even one of the words you have uttered will sell; your energy will run low and become negative; you will become poor; and you won't be able to continue to live. This is how you torture yourself with your own words.

It is more important to give positive energy to others than to receive it.

Don't criticize your children, your husband, or your wife. You must not take in any prejudices, nor must you give any name to these prejudices: an idiot, a fool, a good-for-nothing, a lazy person, a liar, a beast! The person you call a name will eventually become that name. Even if you may think these thoughts a little, never throw such words directly at people. You should be thoroughly aware of the awesome energy a word carries.

Let us become the kind of people who can take pleasure in elevating others, rather than trying to place ourselves in a superior position by lowering others.

It's not too late. Promptly stop needless worrying. Instead of using all your energy for yourself, you need to turn your eyes more toward the love of mankind. Then you will no longer trouble yourself about foolish matters.