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Quotes About Empathy

I'm going to be kind, because then it all just kind of spreads, and the world is a little nicer out there.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
The art of being kind is all the world needs.
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.
~ Charles Kuralt
By regarding ourselves with kindness, we begin to dissolve the identity of an isolated, deficient self. This creates the grounds for including others in an unconditionally loving heart.
~ Tara Brach
Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; 'Twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another's tears. Pass it on.
~ Henry Burton
only kindness that raises its head from the crowd of the world to say it is I you have been looking for, and then goes with you everywhere like a shadow or a friend.
~ Naomi Shihab Nye
Every day, try to help someone who can't reciprocate your kindness.
~ John Wooden
Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.
~ R.J. Palacio, Wonder
Kindness is the touch of an angel's hand.
~ James Leonard Gordon
I'm a big believer in acts of kindness, no matter how small.
~ Liam Neeson
It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
~ Eric Hoffer
Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness.
~ Mother Teresa
Kindness begets kindness evermore.
~ Sophocles
Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. We all lean towards love.
~ Richard Gere
The man with a heart cannot think about or see creatures without his eyes filling up with tears because of the immense compassion which seizes his heart.
~ Isaac of Nineveh
A kindness received should be returned with a freer hand.
~ Ambrose
I want to be like the air. The good-hearted person whose kindness overflows and people realize how important she was to them, once she is gone. I want to be that kind of person.
~ Aya Kito
As we mature spiritually, we exhibit a growing capacity to care for and appreciate one another in the body of Christ, regardless of our differences.
~ Joseph Stowell
The eating of meat extinguishes the seed of Great Kindness.
~ Gautama Buddha
And you can always, always give kindness
~ Anne Frank
There's no dearth of kindness In the world of ours; Only in our blindness We gather thorns for flowers.
~ Gerald Massey
Kindness is gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us.
~ Henri Frederic Amiel
The catch phrase for the day is 'Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile.'
~ Harvey Ball