Quotes About Empathy

Christ came down from heaven, and emptied himself of majesty in tender love to souls; shall we not come down from our high conceits to do any poor soul good? Shall man be proud after God hath been humble?

Some think it strength of grace to endure nothing in the weaker, whereas the strongest are readiest to bear with the infirmities of the weak.

Christ came down from heaven and emptied himself of majesty in tender love to souls. Shall we not come down from our high conceits to do any poor soul good? Shall man be proud after God has been humble?

We pull our boots on with both hands but we can't punch ourselves awake and all I can do is stand on the curb and say Sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine. I couldn't get the boy to kill me, but I wore his jacket for the longest time.

Wearing your clothes or standing in the shower for over an hour, pretending that this skin is your skin, these hands your hands, these shins, these soapy flanks

Sometimes you get so close to someone you end up on the other side of them.

Let's admit, without apology, what we do to each other.

Dear Forgiveness, you know that recently we have had our difficulties and there are many things I want to ask you.

I wanted to hurt you but the victory is that I could not stomach it.

Do we simply stare at what is horrible and forgive it?

I'm sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine.

Oh, the body—its hungers, needs, and limitations. You look at somebody and you realize that they're in there, inside there, somewhere, and how will you ever reach them, understand them?

he knows you, and he's talking to you, but you're in pain and you cannot understand him.

I take off my hands and I give them to you but you don't want them, so I take them back and put them on the wrong way, the wrong wrists.

I have told you where I'm coming from, so put it together.

The world doesn't know what to do with my love. Because it isn't used to being loved. It's a framework problem.

Let's admit, without apology, what we do to each other.

Let's say you're driving down the road with your eyes closed but my eyes are also closed.

Let's admit, without apology, what we do to each other. We know who our enemies are. We know.

I hope in my lifetime we can all continue to laugh at ourselves and not put down anyone for what they weigh.

I show them the funny part, the silly part, the laughing part, the crazy part and then the really deep, deep part where I'm talking from my heart to these people. Because I've been through everything they've been through.

When you fall into a man's conversation, the first thing you should consider is, whether he has a greater inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him.

Unseen wounds are very painful, even more painful than the wounds you can see." It was clear to me that he was talking about himself too.

He believes that, just as pretending to be brave can lead to acts of real bravery, seeing the good in other people improves the chances that they will reveal their better selves.