Quotes About Empathy

Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. (Hurting yourself is not a sin — just stupid.)

Premenstrual Syndrome: Just before their periods women behave the way men do all the time.

Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense.

People can forget when times are easy that bad things sometimes just happen, or they start to believe that bad things only happen to bad people, people who somehow brought it upon themselves.

Those who deem this either weak of me or incredible are invited to find themselves in a like situation.

When I'm moved to complain about others I vow with all beings to remember that karma is endless and it's loving that leads to love.

All you're supposed to do is every once in a while give the boys a little tea and sympathy.

Years from now—when you talk about this—and you will—be kind.

Love is a condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

Years ago I had realized I was blaming myself for it. People and doctors would tell me it wasn't my fault, but I couldn't "BELIEVE" it! Then I was talking to my friend Kieran and he explained to me in a way that I could PERCEIVE that I was not at fault. No one else could ever do that before, though many tried. Many, many people had tried to tell me it wasn't my fault, but I was convinced it was my fault because I was trying to cheer up my dad.

under the present brutal and primitive conditions on this planet, every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking wounded. we have never seen a man or woman not slightly deranged by either anxiety or grief. we have never seen a totally sane human being.

There is nothing so moving - not even acts of love or hate - as the discovery that one is not alone.

Detached analysis has a place—but, in the end, you've got to speak from the heart and pose the question of truth.)

I try to remember that except for a very few psychopaths, most people on most days are doing the best they can." I take that for my working motto, though I remain haunted by the thought that if "a kid is just a kid," then a sixteen-year-old kid is a kid just two years away from voting.

No matter how carefully we defend ourselves, all it takes is one footprint of another real person to recall us to the endlessly interesting hazards of living relationships.

Patriotism based on the common good does not pander to divisiveness. True patriots don't fuel racist or religious or ethnic divisions. They aren't homophobic or sexist or racist. To the contrary, true patriots confirm the good that we have in common. They seek to strengthen and celebrate the "We" in "We the people.

We can help restore the common good by striving for it and showing others it's worth the effort.

people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.79

So by my lights, the number one rule for salespeople is to show customers that you genuinely like them. There's a wise adage that fits this logic well: people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.

un comunicador que alude pronto a alguna debilidad es visto enseguida como alguien sincero.

The main work of a trial attorney is to make a jury like his client. —CLARENCE DARROW

Si no tenemos paz es porque hemos olvidado que nos pertenecemos unos a otros.

Un resultado interesante de este proceso es que los niños que ven que sus padres abren sus casas a diferentes personas, será muy probable que, cuando lleguen a adultos, ayuden a otros.

Hell: A sumptuously provisioned banquet hall full of hungry people with locked-strait elbow joints who can't feed themselves because their unbendable arms won't allow it. Heaven: Everything's the same except people are feeding each other.