Quotes About Empathy

Save the sandwiches," Gloria Dump

smiled back. Winn-Dixie

If you knew about something that was locked up in a cage, something big and beautiful that was locked away unfairly, for no good reason, and you had the key to the cage, would you let it go?

Kate DiCamillo

hose. She pawed at his clothes and beat his tail. She dusted his

Hush"Robinetta answered, putting a finger on his lip; it isn't a question of how great you are or how wonderful: it is a question of what we can be to each other.

He had such a kind voice, that of a man who sees his own faults and forgives himself for them--not arrogantly or leniently but with wisdom--knowing he, as are all humans, is hopelessly flawed.

She can only see other people in reference to how they make her feel

The suffering of those we love is harder to bear than anything we feel on our own behalf.

Wie sehr wollte ich sie vor dem Schmerz des Erinners bewahren.

L'âme d'autrui est une forêt obscure où il faut marcher avec précaution. (The soul of another is a dark forest in which one must tread carefully.)

Sometimes I wish I could look away, like other people seem to be able to do. Not feel it's my job to put things right.

W)hen a load is too heavy for one horse to pull, what do we do? Hitch another to it, don't we? That's just common sense. Well, son, things that sort of weigh on a man's mind and heart may be too heavy for him to make much headway with alone. ?The Chestry Oak

He praised the mare and tugged at her ear. He flattered the cob as well, liking him suddenly; sorry for him because his plain looks concealed such a generous heart.

But though he lacked the gift of intimacy, in many ways his supportive love still came through to me. He somehow conveyed his belief in me without ever articulating it, and that was the single most sustaining thing in my life.

He, who hated to hurt people, had to begin to deal with all the hurt his actions had wrought—for me, for the children, for Robin, for himself.

I'm an atheist, and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for people.

God does not know whether a skin is black or white, He sees only souls.

It was becoming apparent that Chick himself had only one ambition and that was to help everybody so much that they would love him.

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.

those of us who write for children are called, not to do something to a child, but be someone for a child.

I don't care. I don't care. He was crying now, crying so hard he could barely breathe.

Many people are angry when they make a mistake, but very few people have the sense to be sorry.

Read for fun, read for information, read in order to understand yourself and other people with quite different ideas. Learn about the world beyond your door. Learn to be compassionate and grow in wisdom. Books can help us in all these ways.