Quotes About Empathy

When you forgive somebody, when you are generous, when you withhold judgment, when you love and when you stand up to injustice, you are, in that moment, bringing heaven to earth.

Is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'? Not to me.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

Islam is not about "we're better than you". Rather it is about "let me show you something that is better for you

I think what's important for kids to know is that your decisions here on earth matter, your behavior matters and how you treat other people matters.

As you breathe in, cherish yourself. As you breathe out, cherish all Beings.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another.

Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.

When you can't get a miracle, you can still be a miracle for someone else.

We must begin to make what I call "conscious choices," and to really recognize that we are the same. It's from that place in my heart that I write my songs.

Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.

Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.

There's good in everybody. Boost. Don't knock.

The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.

Don't be afraid to speak from personal experience; in many ways, those vulnerable moments will be the key that unlocks a hardened heart.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

This world would be a whole lot better if we just made an effort to be less horrible to one another.

To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.

Good schools, like good societies and good families, celebrate and cherish diversity.

The grass is not always greener on the other side. You learn to appreciate these people.

Speak your heart. If they don't understand, the message was never meant for them anyway.

My aim is to spread more smiles than tears.