Quotes About Empathy

I've got you figured out," he said. "You'll forge ahead and act like everything's okay when it's not. You're the kind to just keep going, to make sure everyone else is okay, even when you're not.

May those who love us, love us. And for those who don't love us, May God turn their hearts. And if he cannot turn their hearts, May he turn their ankles, So we may know them by their limping. Irish saying

My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person.

Of what use to humanity, I ask myself, is a man who cannot see beyond his own hurt?

A river can't forgive because it is only capable, in the first place, of love. A river loves the dumpers, the polluters, the slayers, the nest-thieves, the bird-killers, the dammers, the water-stealers. A river loves even the clear-cutters. But I can forgive. I am trying to be like the river.

Words are big. They define who you are. They are permanent. I don't think most people realize that. What you say is who you are. So try to be gentle on social media. Lift others up when you can, even if you don't agree with what they have to say. Don't always turn your words into weapons when you can just as easily make them doves.

Perhaps a book becomes a classic in proportion to how broadly its characters can be scavenged, how many readers find within it something they experience as desirable or even intimately necessary.

Does vengeance or blame ease the sorrow of heart-ache? We all make mistakes. Life can't be lived without harm to others.

Hate has no ears.

A man wreaks harm because he forgets to love peace. He kills because of self-blinded fear, that imagines no other protection.

I exist not to be loved and admired, but to love and act. It is not the duty of those around me to love me. Rather, it is my duty to be concerned about the world, about man.

Bo przykro, gdy kto? kopnie to, co ty kochasz. A ludzie teraz i niecierpliwi, i roztargnieni, i cz?sto mówi? wcale nie to, co chc?, i robi? wcale nie to, co chc?, a ot tak, co zdarzy si? akurat.

Die offenkundig demokratische Gesinnung des Kindes kennt keine Hierarchie. Das Schicksal eines Tagelöhners in seinem Schweiß, eines hungrigen Altersgenossen, eines gequälten Pferdes und eines geschlachteten Huhnes machen es eine Zeitlang traurig. Hund und Vogel, Schmetterlinge und Blume stehen ihm nahe, in einem Steinchen oder in der Muschel sieht es seinen Bruder.

A true businessperson should also be a true humanist who understands that he stands to gain the most in a world that is stable for those he deals with, even if they do not fare as well as he does.

Our love for our country is worth nothing if it deprives us of our sense of humanity, if it destroys positive consensus."

One kind word can warm three winter months.

Only he who knows his own weaknesses can endure those of others.

A man can endure the worst pain — of others.

Seeing herself do this, Elise realizes she always knew she would give the fruit away, at this exact moment, to that girl, with this exact feeling in her heart.

Ei se että tunnistaa vääryyden, vaan että sietää sen.

One of my main regrets in life is giving considerable thought to inconsiderate people.

Don't shave my head to make your wig of selfishness. Shave it because you care.

I want to be the kind of person that kind people like and want to be like.

I can tell if two people are in love by how they hold each other's hands, and how thick their sanitation gloves are.