Quotes About Empathy

A letter doesn't communicate by words alone. A letter, just like a book, can be read by smelling it, touching it and fondling it. Thereby, intelligent folk will say, 'Go on then, read what the letter tells you!' whereas the dull-witted will say, 'Go on then, read what he's written!

We tend to match the emotions of those around us. For example, we're more prone to become stressed when we're around someone who is high-strung. And we're more likely to be in a good mood when others around us are laughing.

We need to find a common language, understand each other's quirks, and establish an emotional bond. But sometimes this process is greatly accelerated, and the connection seems to form almost magically and instantaneously.

...I want to know if you can live with failure yours and mine and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes."...

I want to know what your life is dedicated to. What do you love more than your own happiness or your own pain?

Have you ever thought that war is a madhouse and that everyone in the war is a patient?

I'll parade with those who are alone like me. They exist. They are very few, but they exist. I'll find them.

Il nostro rapporto non è che un contatto epidermico, un esercizio di sesso, una appagante ginnastica, insomma un dialogo da sordomuti.

The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.

The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'

A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everyone around us.

I'm quite sensitive to women. I saw how my sister got treated by boyfriends. I read this thing that said when you are in a relationship with a woman, imagine how you would feel if you were her father. That's been my approach, for the most part.

I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient.

You can tell the size of a person by the way he treats people who cannot help him.

Imagine if we applied as much grace to others as we give ourselves & as much law to ourselves as we apply to others.

It's easy to judge, but much more difficult to serve.

You can't lose in sales if you remember that you're not selling; you're solving problems.

The true test of character is to live win-win even when promoted to positions where win-lose is possible.

To make people feel special you don't have to pay money but rather pay attention.

Doesn't love show its face when it satisfies the need of the loved one, for the loved one's sake alone?

This is what love is, he thought. Doing what you don't want to do, because she needs it so much. And it isn't that bad. And it isn't that hard.

Im neutral on lying, seeing as how theres times when the truth just hurts people.

Some men are great enough that they can love a whole woman, and not just part of her.

No man can bear to live with a woman who speaks nothing but the truth to him.