Quotes About Empathy

When we traded places, I could only lead for a couple hundred yards before slowing to a snail's pace. Sinking thigh deep made for exhausting work. Terry would take back the lead without comment. Following him, I stepped exactly in his deep snowshoe prints, feeling relief at how much easier things became when the trail was broken.

tragedy of the time horizon. Meaning we can't imagine the suffering of the people of the future, so nothing much

So much for Phyllis's bridge," Nadia said. "So much for Phyllis," said Sax.

N?u ch? hám l?i ích trÆ°á»›c m?t mà không giúp ?? ng??i khác, dù bi?t rõ là h? Ä'ang g?p khó kh?n, thì ngay lúc Ä'ó b?n có th? th?y Ä'i?u Ä'ó có l?i cho mình, nhÆ°ng v? lâu dài, Ä'ó ch?ng khác nào hành vi tá»± g?m nh?m b?n thân mình.

get in touch with him at all. But then, like clockwork, he would finally call her back the next morning, waking her up and apologizing for dropping off to sleep a lot earlier than usual or for not seeing that she had called him until that very moment.

he had forgotten, if he had ever begun to understand, how small a part people played in others' lives and how little they knew about them, even if they saw them every day.

Mother says I have no heart for my own kind. She doesn't know. I have too much. I know what we have done, and what we deserve.

When you deal with naked power from an inferior position, perspectives get distorted. He was the aggrieved party and yet he felt guilty and would continue to do so all his life.

Rigour and ruthlessness do not preclude sympathy with another's point of view.

Never stand around saying 'Poor thing' and being pitiful when things are being killed. It makes them tough and harder to kill. Remember that!

Daniel var en mand som forstod adskillig, han hadde været ute for et og andet i livet, hadde mistet både sin farsgård og sin kjæreste, han visste hvad omsorg og rømmekoller og godt mot betydde.

Oh, a woman can't tell one man from another; not always—not often.

Og naar hun kommer, forstaar mit Hjerte alt, og det slaar ikke længer, det klemter.

And looking at animals in cages doesn't interest me in general. They know we are standing there looking at them–they sense the hundreds of inquisitive looks, and it has an effect on them.

Men om hun nu pludselig sang der oppe i stuen igjen, sang ned til disse blomsterne her? Javel - når hun slog sin lidenskap ut som en vifte og var god og gal. Stakkars hende! Men stakkars allesammen!

Ja vi er landstrykere på jorden. Vi vandrer veier og ulende, stundom kravler vi, stundom går vi opprett og trår hverandre ned. Som nu Daniel så trådte han ned og ble selv nedtrådt.

By now both mother and daughter were in a good humor and able to joke, mother sat up in bed and chuckled from time to time; they were temperamentally akin and shared the blessed ability to suppress dark memories.

MÉ™nÉ™ elÉ™ gÉ™lir ki, insan dÉ™li olmasa da hÉ™ssas olmal?d?r; elÉ™ adamlar var ki, É™n x?rda ÅŸeylÉ™rÉ™ belÉ™ reaksiya verirlÉ™r, onlar? kÉ™skin deyilmiÅŸ bir sözlÉ™ dÉ™ öldürmÉ™k mümkündür.

Hvorfor skal vi bli noget? Det blir alle de andre og er allikevel ikke lykkeligere. de har hat strævet med å komme op, men de må se si om efter lønnen. Deres ro er borte, deres nerver tyndslitte, nogen drikker for å greie sig og blir bare værre, de skal til hver tid på gå høie hæler, jeg som bor i en sjå ynker dem.

Believe that there's light at the end of the tunnel. Believe that you might be that light for someone else.

Believe there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Believe that you may be that light for someone else.

and saying "cheer up" had quite the opposite effect, only reminding the person why he or she was depressed in the first place.

Cuando uno presta atención a las reacciones del público que visita un parque zoológico, advierte el despilfarro de una piedad sentimental, en la conmiseración que despiertan animales que se encuentran perfectamente, mientras que casi nadie se da cuenta del verdadero sufrimiento, que también existe en la mayor parte de los jardines zoológicos.

You know, do nice shite for her. Buy her things. Really think about what she likes and what makes her happy and make it happen. She'll come around. And if she doesn't, you can cut off your horns for her. Chicks dig that. (Cadeon)