Quotes About Empathy

We do sometimes pity creatures that have none of the feeling either for themselves or others. 

For shame, Heathcliff!' said I. 'It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to forgive.' 'No, God won't have the satisfaction that I shall,' he returned. 'I only wish I knew the best way! Let me alone, and I'll plan it out: while I'm thinking of that I don't feel pain.

?nsan bazen, kendine de, ba?kalar?na da ac?mak nedir bilmeyen kimselere de ac?yor.

We do sometimes pity creatures that have none of the feeling either for themselves or others

Las personas sienten con los corazones, y, dado que él ha destruido el mío, yo no tengo capacidad de sentir nada por él

Seja qual for a matéria de que as nossas almas são feitas, a minha e a dele são iguais.

Whatever souls are made of.. his and mine are the same

she took my hand and led me out of the darkness and showed me that whatever our souls are made of, hers and mine are the same.

A che scopo esisterei, se fossi tutta contenuta in me stessa? I miei grandi dolori, in questo mondo, sono stati i dolori di Heathcliff, io li ho tutti indovinati e sentiti dal principio. Il mio gran pensiero, nella vita, è lui. Se tutto il resto perisse e lui restasse, io potrei continuare ad esistere; ma se tutto il resto durasse e lui fosse annientato, il mondo diverrebbe, per me, qualche cosa di immensamente estraneo: avrei l'impressione di no farne più parte.

Cumbres borrascosas: «No sé qué composición tendrán nuestras almas, pero sea de lo que sea, la suya es igual que la mía».

They might not need me; but they might. I'll let my head be just in sight; A smile as small as mine might be Precisely their necessity.

She dealt her pretty words like Blades -- How glittering they shone -- And every One unbared a Nerve Or wantoned with a Bone -- She never deemed -- she hurt -- That -- is not Steel's Affair -- A vulgar grimace in the Flesh -- How ill the Creatures bear -- To Ache is human -- not polite -- The Film upon the eye Mortality's old Custom -- Just locking up -- to Die.

I felt it shelter to speak to you.

An ear can break a human heart As quickly as a spear, We wish the ear had not a heart So dangerously near.

Judge tenderly of me.

My best Acquaintances are those With Whom I spoke no Word

I wish you a kinder sea.

I would have drowned twice to save you sinking, dear.

To fight aloud is very brave, But gallanter, I know, Who charge within the bosom, The cavalry of woe.

I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain.

Dogs are better than people.

The career of flowers differs from ours only in inaudibleness. I feel more reverence as I grow for these mute creatures whose suspense or transport may surpass my own.

Perception of an object costs Precise the Object's loss—

Now, when I read, I read not, For interrupting tears Obliterate the etchings Too costly for repairs.