Quotes About Empathy

Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.

Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.

We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do. True humanity does not allow us to impose such sufferings on them. It is our duty to make the whole world recognize it. Until we extend our circle of compassion to all living things, humanity will not find peace.

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.

The thinking (person) must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

Seek always to do some good, somewhere... Even if it's a little thing, so something for those that need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.

He should be happy because he can think about the unhappiness of others! He's stupid if he doesn't know other people's unhappiness is theirs, And isn't cured from the outside, Because suffering isn't like running out of ink, Or a trunk not having iron bands! There being injustice is like there being death.

All the evil in the world comes from us bothering with each other, Wanting to do good, wanting to do evil. Our soul and the sky and the earth are enough for us. To want more is to lose this, and be unhappy.

La gente termina pareciéndose a sus amigos, por lo que es clave elegirlos bien.

Creer que porque uno sintió algo, ese algo de alguna manera logró colarse y depositarse en el sistema digestivo del otro.

Alguien puede estar mal, pero eso no implica hacer el mal.

Es bueno defender las cosas que se sienten, pero para hay que sentirlas y para eso hace falta algo más.

Ne možeš dati sud o onome koga voliš.

Non è solo chi è solo; è solo chi si sente solo.

Herkes kendi cennetini ba?kas?n?n cehennemine koyar.

This thought strengthened in me my belief that all men, without exception, deserve to be pitied, if only because they are alive.

It's in bringing others the healing gifts we've received that the benefits of these gifts become truly ours.

you recognize your connection to others and perceive that you aren't the only one who matters, and you genuinely care about the good of all of Earth's creatures.

It was not a fashionable place, but even among the pleasant people there, the girls made few friends, preferring to live for one another.

Life is better lived through two pairs of eyes.

It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'try to be a little kinder.'