Quotes About Empathy

People don't care what you know until they know that you care.

We have to break this cycle, back up, regroup, and bring some sanity to our lives so we'll have the perspective, energy, and compassion for the people we see each day, and especially those who live under the same roof with us. Then we can love them like we love ourselves.

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

I used to have this little mouse. I buy birds from the pet store and I let them go.

I would look at a dog and when our eyes met, I realized that the dog and all creatures are my family. They're like you and me.

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.

My dear child...fault is an empty word. It is a coin with only one side. It is not a reason or an excuse.

there were times when the sharp edges of Neric's convictions were bruising to those who were close to him.

Bullying is an evil because it not only destroys the life of the kid who's bullied, but also makes everyone in the class who knows this is going on feel guilty for not doing anything.

It's not right to respond to terrorism by terrorizing other people. And furthermore, it's not going to help. Then you might say, "Yes, it's terrorizing people, but it's worth doing because it will end terrorism." But how much common sense does it take to know that you cannot end terrorism by indiscriminately dropping bombs?

Charlie wanted to swear. ****, he thought, remembering how his father had told him that one reason you shouldn't swear is because then when you really need a strong word to express a strong feeling you would have none strong enough left.

I don't write books for people to be friends with the characters. If you want to find friends, go to a cocktail party.

Those clever hands began to smooth up and down my spine, one of his habitual gestures. He traced the indentations of my vertebrae with his fingertips through the thin cotton of my shirt, like he was reading the signs of my body by Braille.

Las palabras alivian y los silencios sanan.

I am grateful to realize that my desires do not entitle me to add to another's suffering.

photos out again with the randomly attached comments and have students read aloud the comments while showing the photograph to the class. Could the comments be true for

If our hearts are open to seeing suffering, they can easily break under the weight of so much pain in our world. Our anger may threaten to consume us and turn us into people who hate, even though it was our love that broke our hearts open to begin with.

Compassion- it has its limits

My?l?, ?e tylko kochaj?c, widzimy cz?owieka takim, jakim jest naprawd?, w pi?knie jego najwy?szych mo?liwo?ci. ?e za?lepienie jest najlepszym widzeniem.

It is not necessary that one should humble oneself to deserve assistance, it is sufficient that one should suffer.

A parent's experience is an unknowable one. How, after all, can a child fathom what it means to be a parent, let alone a parent of a certain generation, with a certain personal history, with a certain spouse, with even a certain child? I get ready for my meeting with

They will become afraid to the point of harming people after they've been hurt, even people who try to help them.

It takes bravery to care for someone — no matter who he is or what made him, whether he is weak or walking or jumping out of windows. The risk involved is enormous.

A best friend is he who can emulate a dog but still can talk.