Quotes About Empathy

In Buddhism, we define love as the wish to give happiness to others.

For all of us with consciousness"—the Dalai Lama returned to his seat—"our life is very precious. Therefore, we need to protect all sentient beings very much. Also, we must recognize that we share the same two basic wishes: the wish to enjoy happiness and the wish to avoid suffering." These

Without question, the most important practice is bodhichitta. The wish to attain enlightenment to lead all living beings to that same state... This mind of enlightenment is based on pure, great compassion, which in turn is based on pure, great love. In each case pure means impartial. Without conditions. And great means benefiting all living beings, not just the small group of those we happen to like at the moment.

cause for me to become enlightened, so that I may help all other beings attain this same state.

Our own well-being and the well-being of those around us depends on being guided by the right priorities,

The sense of profound wellbeing that comes from what you give, rather than from what you receive.

May all beings be free from suffering and the true causes of suffering;

bodhichitta." "The wish to attain enlightenment in order to lead all living beings to that same state,

love and compassion—the true causes of happiness.

You don't need any special ability to care for the well-being of others. Anyone can practise generosity, giving support to those around us.

Compassion is the wish to relieve beings of suffering.

the bond of blood. How strong it is, and how it has the power to reach across oceans.

we define love as 'the wish to give happiness to others.' If we practice love, then compassion arises quite naturally, for it is 'the wish to free others from suffering.

doing small acts with great love is our most precious gift, and not only for those we are helping. It is a wonderful paradox that when we help others, we, ourselves, are the first to benefit.

anger causes so much misery both for the person on the receiving end, as well as for the person experiencing it.

bodhisattva, a Sanskrit term that in Buddhism refers to an enlightened being.

May this act of generosity be a cause for me to become enlightened, so that I may help all other beings attain this same state.

It is said that each one of us has been a mother to every other living being, at some time in the past," he gazed at me with open-hearted benevolence. "Imagine, little Snow Lion, if we could all feel that connection, as if it were real?

If it's transformation we seek, the feeling of giving must be authentic. It must touch our heart.

Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, then sets out values and establishes the vision, before getting to the nitty-gritty of policy solutions.

Every relationship has its own language. It takes a long time to evolve and read one another. Just as it's true for people, it's also true on a national or cultural level.

Think Stephen King is one of us?

My father taught me how to understand and be sensitive to others, which is probably the most critical aspect of leadership. Without it you are only a manager.

Except in situations of extreme uncertainty- invasions, assassinations, epidemics, earthquakes- people don't necessarily want to be told, "That's the way it is." But they do want to be told, "That's the way I think it is," by someone they feel they know, and by someone who lots of their friends feel they know.