Quotes About Empathy

And there are certain people—I could think of several myself—who seem to depress one and undermine one's energies, quite unconsciously of course, but one feels somehow that vitality has passed from oneself to them.

Imagining human culture from the perspective of a non-human species can be salutary.

The life spark in my eyes is in no way different than the life spark in the eyes of any other sentient being.

never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Then, if he doesn't like it, you're a mile away. And you have his goddamned shoes.

Abrams remembered the old advice to never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Then, if he doesn't like it, you're a mile away. And you have his goddamned shoes.

Being a good, innovative librarian means taking a humanistic stance toward policy, decision-making, and experimentation. It means focusing on the heart.

Yet, Jesus saw Matthew in a way that no one else saw him. He did not define Matthew by what he was doing, but by the dreams of his heart. He did not see a man for what he was, but what he could be, and he loved him for it. He loved him in a way that produced worship, honor, and love

Libraries encourage the heart, which means we should lead from the heart, learn from the heart, and play from the heart. It means we are all-in all the time, not just when it's convenient.

Man, you guys sound great. If I wasn't in the band, I'd be a big fan. I'd go see us live. I would be irritated by me every now and then, but I would like us a lot.

Its human to error no one is immune to it

Hate is wrong through any set of eyes

Give love in doses and hope for uselessness.

So that, logically, in the brief time allotted to us, we should be as kind to one another as is humanly possible and face the harsh facts of reality without fear or flinching.

When you know how to relieve torment and don't, then you become the tormentor.

I always say that "half of who you are is other people," meaning that the beliefs, attitudes, and biases of the people around you gradually become your own.

No one in France cares if you tried to kill yourself. In fact, I think they like you better because you're all tragic.

How come someone always saves the people who try to kill themselves and then makes them tell everyone how sorry they are for ruining their evenings?

I asked her, 'Did you like Sadie?' Juliet put down the book she was reading. 'I liked her the way you like a hurt dog,' she said. 'What do you mean?' I asked her. 'You feel sorry for it, and you want to help it, but you're not sure it won't bite you when you're not looking,' Juliet said.

Michael Thomas Ford

When people hurt us, the best thing to do isn't to ask why they did it but to remind ourselves that it wasn't our fault.

This is the part where they try to make you remember," said Sadie. She looked at my wrists. "Is it working?" Without realizing it, I'd pushed one sleeve of my pajamas up and was rubbing the gauze that circled my wrist. I stopped, and let the sleeve fall back where it was.

I read once that a third of all gay kids try to kill themselves. They say it's because being gay is so hard in this world. They say that we won't stop trying to kill ourselves until more people understand us, and until we live in a world where it's okay for a guy to love another guy. That's probably true. But there will never be a world where it's okay to fall in love with your best friend's boyfriend.

There's not much point to being alive if you don't do what you can to make life better for someone else, is there?

Just because your life isn't as awful as someone else's, that doesn't mean it doesn't suck.