Quotes About Empathy

Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.

Love is not something you feel. It's something you do.

It's all history out there, Clemens. Your history, my history. You and me, boy, not dates and things. You and me. That's what history is all about. How we came to be here, in the way we are, the clothes we wear.

It is exhausting living in a population where people don't speak up if what they witness doesn't directly threaten them.

But remember, there are two ways to dehumanize someone: by dismissing them, and by idolizing them.

She sat one of the fluffy cats in my lap and stuffed the other down my shirt. She turned and left. 'There,' said the large man. 'The kittens will make your sad go away.

Antidepressants. The thought of this girl actually being depressed made me want to grab the whole planet and throw it into the sun. Well, more than usual anyway.

Nobody involved in a conflict thinks they're the villain.

If I knew me as somebody else, I would hate me just as much. Why have a double standard?

And, well, that's my story," I said. "I'm sorry that it's so, you know. Retarded.

There," said the large man. "The kittens will make your sad go away.

save your love for the things that can love you back.

that proverbial moment in which you realize your nausea is going to turn into a puke and that there is nothing to be done about it.

you had wired-up glasses, you could overlay your view with their feed—literally see the world through their eyes, blotting out your own reality completely.

Sorry, Dave. My grandpa used to tell me, toward the end when he was going crazy, that talking through a dog ain't like talking through a sausage. Molly is in here with me and I gotta compete with the barker.

The truth was, I didn't feel sorry for Billy. He teased a dog and got his fingers bitten off. Fuck him. Fuck everybody.

To believe our own feelings and thoughtways must be universally shared by others is the commonest of mistakes,

Love. Forgive. As you forgive, you will be forgiven.

I'm more human now. It's the God in people that connects them to me.– Ali

Perhaps Ali's most significant talent with the ability to transport people past thoughts and words to a world of feeling and play.

When there are no words, know that the silences are carrying the thoughts and prayers of all who love you.

I scooted around the house and looked in the window and was able to really see my family in a way that was, I guess, a lot clearer, because I had a lot less sensory input. I could look in through the window and see my family and feel closer to them than if I had been in the same room.

My Life is your life, Mary Ann I am not just acting like you I am you living in your spirit.

Once you begin to acknowledge random acts of kindness - both the ones you have received and the ones you have given - you can no longer believe that what you do does not matter.