Quotes About Empathy

Be kind to yourself, so you can be happy enough to be kind to the world.

For all those people, who took advantage of my kindness. Thank you. I won't drop to your level. I'll simply smile and move on.

If you don't know what to do, just be kind. You can't go wrong.

Nothing in the world is so strong as a kind heart

Every small, unselfish action nudges the world into a better path. An accumulation of small acts can change the world.

When you show up with kindness, others can be more themselves.

To hate is to harm.

If a man is cruel, he destroy himself.

Do not be too quick to get angry.

Everybody makes mistakes—everybody loses their temper; everybody judges—but if we make a conscious effort to be mindful every day of how we treat ourselves and others, life becomes much easier.

Friendships are one of the greatest ways to express love.

The karmic cycle of abuse is one of the strongest there is, and you must learn to break it with forgiveness and understanding.

We are all one on a living planet, and only our egos, fears, and beliefs separate us.

To see another person as being different than yourself is to not see yourself as whole.

The world can often seem like a very lonely place. It's important to remember that we are never alone. People (and even animals) can be placed in our path if we just lift our eyes from our cell phones and laptops and look around.

To be able to communicate at a soul level with another human being is the biggest treasure of the physical dimension.

If your belief in how the Universe works isn't prompting you to be a kind person, then perhaps it's time to rethink your belief system, because something is obviously not working for you.

You never truly know someone until you've stood in their shoes and walked around in them.

Forgiveness is not an occassional act; it is a permanent attitude.

We are all the same. God has not chosen one group above another. When we dare to be aware, we will raise our understanding and compassion and see everyone as part of the universal energy of God. We will be free of prejudice and hatred based on someone's color, race, sex, or gender preference. God is not limited. Only humans limit their thinking.

When people live lives of spiritual awareness and mindfulness, everything they do and say can change the lives of others. Those random acts of kindness can alter someone's attitude.

All you need is love. It sounded true but wasn't. You needed a hell of a lot more than that. You needed tolerance and self-control, and you needed empathy and strength and discipline and flexibility. You needed serenity and good luck.

Native Americans are not and must not be props in a sort of theme park of the past, where we go to have a good time and see exotic cultures. "What we have done to the peoples who were living in North America" is, according to anthropologist Sol Tax, "our Original Sin.

It is always useful to think badly about people one has exploited or plans to exploit.