Quotes About Empathy

Supported by love, any tissue-paper identity may stand like stone.

Once you have become good at being a compliment detective, it's time to share some of your feelings with others. The following three-step formula will make it easy: (1) Be specific. (2) Say the person's name. (3) Follow up with a question.

You probably got to know some kids. But that caused problems, too. How many times could you go over to your friend's house without inviting him to your house? There was always a sense of that dreaded day when your friend would say, "Let's play at your house this afternoon." You could only go to your friend's so often without having to face the inevitable. Maybe it just wasn't worth it to have a friend.

First, you were set up for the situation in which you now find yourself. You never had a chance to "do it right" because you've never experienced what "doing it right" looked like, or felt like. It hasn't been your fault if you have always felt that other people knew some secrets about successful relationships that you didn't know.

We have to shift our emphasis from economic efficiency and materialism towards a sustainable quality of life and to healing of our society, of our people and our ecological systems.

In complete darkness, we are all the same. It is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us. Don't let your eyes deceive you.

It is impossible to work up a satisfactory anger at someone who so steadfastly refuses to reciprocate. You win, Mr. Spock; I give up.

Let me put it this way: Would you like to go off on your own now?" The arachne hunched. Tocohl saw herself reflected in the ebony eye of its lens. "Do you mean without you?" "Yes, that's exactly what I mean." "I wouldn't like that at all. Who'd explain things to me? Who would I talk to?" The arachne began to rock. "You wouldn't make me go away without you, would you, Tocohl? Say you wouldn't. Say it in Jenji.

Even if he was a thief, he was my thief. I could not push him away anymore.

Wasnt it more important to be loyal to what was right or to those people you knew and cared about? What was the good of killing people or being hateful to them because someone you didn't know was doing something hateful to someone ekse you didn't know?

Narcissists have poor self-esteem, but they are typically very successful. They feel entitled; they're self-important; they crave admiration and lack empathy. They are also exploitative and envious. The malignant types never forget a slight. They may kill you ten years later for cutting them off in traffic. But they act perfectly normal while plotting their revenge.

By the time I get home, I'm still stunned. When Matt won the mountain bike at the church raffle last year, I was happy for him. When his father's friend invited Matt to a Lakers playoff game, I thought that was great too. Why can't he be glad when something good happens to me?

Having someone who understands is a great blessing for ourselves. Being someone who understands is a great blessing to others.

At first it upset me to realize how many people are, at heart, selfish. Now I take that in stride, but people's loneliness still gets to me.

It'll be okay," I said. "We're here for you." Kelly said. "I've decided to become a divorce lawyer," Amanda said. Well, we all have our own ways of showing we care.

People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I'm ethnic.

You would think there's a natural limit to tears: only so much the body can give at one sitting before it runs dry.

We leave an imprint on others with our attitude," Megan said. "Good or bad. A little bit of us rubs off on them. So when you react with an attitude to something— good or bad—it's like you're creating a …" She paused and appeared to be thinking about what to say. "Like a fossil on the heart, if that makes any sense.

Some cases aren't yours to solve.

In life, we must accept who is asking and accept who is not.

Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.

Everyone is fond of plucky children, kids who launch into adventures, even (within reason) kids who sass back. What about the girl who sits for a long time and watches other children going down the slide, whose legs quiver just from imagining how it will feel to stand at the top of that silver swoop into the unknown?

Caring about people, especially people who've hurt you, isn't a flaw. It's a sign that you understand God's grace.