Quotes About Empathy

We have long become overgrown with calluses; we no longer hear people being killed.

One has to understand what the enemy is all about: the enemy's history, the enemy's culture, the enemy's aspirations. If you understand these well, you can perhaps move towards peace.

To link oneself with the masses, one must act in accordance with the needs and wishes of the masses.

Communists must listen attentively to the views of people outside the Party and let them have their say. If what they say is right, we ought to welcome it, and we should learn from their strong points; if it is wrong, we should let them finish what they are saying and then patiently explain things to them.

I suppose all we can really share with people is a taste for the same kinds of weather.

Do not be concerned with the faults of other persons. Do not see others' faults with a hateful mind. There is an old saying that if you stop seeing others' faults, then naturally seniors and venerated and juniors are revered. Do not imitate others' faults; just cultivate virtue. Buddha prohibited unwholesome actions, but did not tell us to hate those who practice unwholesome actions.

The reason we have two ears and only one mouth, is that we may hear more and speak less.

We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.

When two people first meet, they can only have a very ordinary kind of friendship. But when you begin to understand each other, when you get close to them, you discover that you're suddenly eager to know him or her even better.

We can't expect a blind man to appreciate beautiful patterns or a deaf man to listen to bells and drums. And blindness and deafness are not confined to the body alone - the understanding has them, too.

Those who count things are not worthy of assisting the people.

The fact is that those who do not see themselves but who see others, who fail to get a grasp of themselves but who grasp others, take possession of what others have but fail to possess themselves. They are attracted to what others enjoy but fail to find enjoyment in themselves.

Et kysy sokean mielipidettä kauniista maalauksesta etkä kutsu kuuroa kuuntelemaan musiikkia. Eivätkä sokeus ja kuurous ole vain fyysisiä vikoja. On olemassa myös mielen sokeutta ja mielen kuuroutta, ja sinun sanasi osoittavat, että sinä kärsit niistä.

Colui che non riesce a trovare spazio per gli altri manca di comprensione, e a chi manca di comprensione tutti risultano estranei.

Christmas was always the worst… What's the point of Christmas without any kids to share it with?

When you have kids, you're responsible for their mistakes. Their mistakes, their heartaches, their happiness... you take everything on yourself!

When you're born prematurely, you want to live more quickly than other people. The good, the bad, everything!

Some of us learn from other people's mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people.

Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give him one of yours. ~

Life is an echo. What you send out comes back. What you sow you reap. What you give you get. What you see in others exists in you.

You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.

How Many Marriages Would Be Better If the Husband and the Wife Clearly Understood That They're On the Same Side?

If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.

You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." — Zig Ziglar