Quotes About Empathy

You breathe upon us now through solid assertions of yourself: teaspoons, goblets, seas of carpet, a forest of old plants to be watered an old man in an adjoining room to be touched and fed. And all this universe dares us to lay a finger anywhere, save exactly as you would wish it done.

And I won't tell you where it is, so why do I tell you anything? Because you still listen, because in times like these to have you listen at all, it's necessary to talk about trees.

I would feel [my son's] wants at such a moment fraudulent, as an attempt moreover to defraud me of living even for fifteen minutes as myself. My anger would rise

What happens between us has happened for centuries we know it from literature still it happens

I believe in a passion for inclusion.

Compassion, not passion, keeps a marriage together.

I can appreciate anybody's passion for anything.

We decide based on how people look; we decide based on how people sound; we decide based on how people are dressed. We decide based on their passion.

When it comes to music, something I'm passionate about, and knowing the reach and the power and how it transforms, it saves lives. Music does.

I'm passionate about people. I've spent my life in advocacy. People matter - whether or not we agree on the issue, people matter.

I've always been passionate about animals.

People don't care enough. They don't get worked up enough. They don't get angry enough. They don't get passionate enough. I'd rather somebody hate what I do than be indifferent to it.

I'm passionate about old people because I am one myself.

I am a communicator; that seems to be my natural place. And I'll always be passionate about the world, because it's so bonkers.

I'm very passionate, very emotional, very sensitive. I've always been like that.

I used to write songs that were deeply personal, but since I am becoming so passionate about the world around me, that passion and drive is starting to come into my work.

I'm very passionate, and I care about the people that are around me.

I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'm a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal rights. I care about human rights. I care about animal rights.

Throughout his life, Dickens cared passionately about orphans.

I'm not passive aggressive. If something bothers me, I think about it, then I act on it. I express it.

I need to make the characters that I play in movies more accessible to audiences, more real. As an actor, you're always passive; you're not making that many choices, so when something allows you to open up a bit, you want to explore your newfound freedom.

The passive acceptance of exclusionary words and deeds is not okay.

I get a little heated when I talk about the past. But I wanted to be clear - I'm not mad at anybody - not anymore.

Being a pastor is pressure because we have to counsel people.