Quotes About Empathy

As I get older, I've learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things.

To hurt someone you know will forgive you is the unkindiest thing of all.

I have found that the richest people I know are also the nicest.

Look to be treated by others as you have treated others.

Simply let experience take place very freely, so that your open heart is suffused with the tenderness of true compassion.

When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.

When the choice is to be right or to be kind, always make the choice that brings peace

Neither despise nor oppose what thou dost not understand.

Every great man is always being helped by everybody, for his gift is to get good out of all things and all persons.

There will be no more 'them and us', only us, sharing struggles and challenges as part of being human.

One can measure the greatness and the moral progress of a nation by looking at how it treats its animals.

Violence often brings about momentary results.

Whatever art form you're working in, it's crucial to see it clearly, to feel it clearly, and not to worry about the results, or how someone else will see it.

Be genuinely interested in everyone you meet and everyone you meet will be genuinely interested in you

With all the things I've been through, the No. 1 thing that I've learned is that we're supposed to help people through this world.

There is nothing selfish about enjoying yourself. In fact, as wise people have long said and psychologists have since discovered, happiness makes people less self-focused and more altruistic.

When you're a good giver you're a good getter.

Listening can heal wounds.

Be helpful - even if there's no immediate profit in it.

I wish I could get all the discourteous drivers on a ship and sail them away and make sure it's a really horrible, wavy journey and when they get to where they're going, keep them there.

Don't condemn me, remember rather that sometimes I, too, can reach the bursting point.

People should not pass judgment until they have seen the film.

Sometimes staying strong means not putting yourself in uncomfortable or triggering situations.

justice is not only the way we punish those who do wrong. It is also the way we try to save them.