Quotes About Empathy

Wilken was ostracised by his peers who teased him about his adoptive status. He also had to fight for survival in the reformatory where he was sodomised. He had little chance to socialise and learn empathy for others.

Serial killers are not monsters; they are human beings with tortured souls.

One does not have to be raped to acquire empathy for a rape victim. I did not have to kill to understand why others do, but I had to go through some harrowing experiences in order to understand.

Through the deaths of those I loved, I learned to value life and this sensitised me to the suffering of the families of the victims of serial killers. The tragedy of serial homicide is its dichotomy – serial killers kill because they suffer and, by killing, they cause immense suffering.

Had my brother not killed himself and had I not known how deeply this affects those who are left behind, I would have taken my life.

I understand serial killers' emptiness.

Serial killers are not born evil, they develop into killers as a consequence of what happens to them during their childhood years. The tragedy of serial killers lies in the dichotomy that they feel compelled to kill innocent strangers in order to express their own pain and anger. It is an existential manifestation to them.

People should never think that you have to be a very special person to help those who need you.

We did our duty as human beings: helping people in need.

in silence we all shared the same sorrow and memories.

Good-looking girls break hearts, and goodhearted girls mend them.

True remorse is never just a regret over consequence; it is a regret over motive.

We catch frightful glimpses of ourselves in the hostile eyes of others.

Women are never landlocked: they're always mere minutes away from the briny deep of tears.

We are keenly aware of the faults of our friends, but if they like us enough it doesn't matter.

Anywhere you go liking everyone, everyone will be likeable.

Don't be yourself — be someone a little nicer.

When women feel they have learned to forgive their mothers - and men, their fathers - all it usually means is that they've decided to allow themselves the same kind of behavior.

Men feel that women somehow drag them down, and women feel that way about men. It's possible that both are right.

Men never know how tired they are till their wives sit them down for a nice long talk.

My doctor is nice; every time I see him, I'm ashamed of what I think of doctors in general.

A parent who has never apologized to his children is a monster. If he's always apologizing, his children are monsters.

A perfect marriage is one in which "I'm sorry" is said just often enough.

Surrounded by people who love life, you love it too; surrounded by people who don't, you don't.