Quotes About Empathy

People disappointed; animals never did.

I listened, rapt and silent, as he conjured from the cold black type the image of a woman of many years past, shivering in the chill predawn light as she waited for the sun to rise.

Ruth marveled at how two souls—two completely different species—could make each other so happy. If you were kind to animals, they repaid that kindness a thousandfold. People disappointed; animals never did.

I've come to believe that how we choose to live with pain, or injustice, or death . . . is the true measure of the Divine within us.

I've come to believe that how we choose to live with pain, or injustice, or death … is the true measure of the Divine within us. Some, like Crossen, choose to do harm to themselves and others. Others, like Kenji, bear up under their pain and help others to bear it.

Aloha means to see the 'uhane—the living spirit, immortal soul, whatever you call it—in everyone you meet. I've done my best to live up to that.

I've come to believe that how we choose to live with pain, or injustice, or death .... is the true measure of the Divine within us. Some, like Crossen, choose to do harm to themselves and others. Others, like Kenji, bear up under their pain and help others to bear it. - Catherine in Moloka'i.

No one can dispute that. He was a good man, a kind man. "But you know, so was my husband Keo. So were hundreds of other men who lived and died here. Yet sometimes it seems the world is more moved by the death of one white priest than by the passing of hundreds, thousands, of Hawaiians. Everyone knows Damien's name now, but will anyone remember these girls, other than you and me?

All hatred of others is a reflection of self-hatred. All love of others is a reflection of self-love.

How do I contribute to end the suffering of humanity?" is the most important question you will ever ask. The answer to that question begins with your answer to the question, "How do I end my own suffering?" If you can find your own way out of pain, you will know how to help other people out of their pain. Until then your efforts are hollow

Humility moves more mountains than arrogance.

Be sure you don't lose your happiness teaching others people how to be happy. Your happiness is your teaching.

Give yourself space to be what you are. Give others space to be what they are. Then everything will make itself clear.

You are here to thrive as a soul. It will be a great day when we train children to pass SQ—spiritual quotient—tests. Then we will be teaching genuine intelligence that will advance humanity in the most important way.

every act is either an expression of love or a call for love.

Torturarnos a nosotros mismos o a los demás por alguna razón es una historia enfermiza de creación propia. Nada de eso es necesario.

Everyone and everything that shows up in our life is a reflection of something that is happening inside of us

Tú eres responsable de tu acción, pero la otra persona lo es de su interpretación de la misma y de su subsiguiente experiencia.

Si la condena ni siquiera ha pasado por tu conciencia, el perdón no tiene sentido y es innecesario.

El amor no mata para salvar.

Say nothing," Essada suggested. "It makes you more tolerable.

Putting his lips together David whistled a few soft, carefully modulated notes. Head cocked to one side, the alien watched and listened. Then it exhaled softly, trying to duplicate the sounds. Since it possessed a very different respiratory mechanism, it failed in the attempt. That did not matter to David. What was important and what prompted him to tears was the fact that the creature *tried*.

I've found that most people do a lot of talking and they wind up not saying very much. Especially adults when they're talking to children. It's kind of like they enjoy talking at you but not to you. They want you to listen to them all the time, but they don't want to listen to you. I think that's pretty stupid. Just because you're small doesn't mean you don't have some important things to say.

Impossible for me to harm or, by omission of action, allow to be harmed a human being.