Quotes About Empathetic

[T]he appropriate form of address between man and man ought to be, not monsieur, sir, but fellow sufferer, compagnon de miseres.

I understand the common man because I understand me in that regard at least.

It's never that hard for me to imagine what it must feel like to be someone else, whether it's an American teenage girl or a Japanese octogenarian man

Nothing is more condemnable than selfishness. A man who thinks of himself alone is the most unlucky person of all.

When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.

The first step to be a good man is this: You must deeply feel the burden of the stones someone else carrying.

To understand a man is really to be that man.

Who can judge another man's suffering?

My mother said the cure for thinking too much about yourself was helping somebody who was worse off than you.

If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you.

By nature I am not tough, believe it or not.

By developing a sense of concern for others' well-being, then no matter what others' attitudes are, you can keep inner peace.

Start each day asking, "How do I want others to feel?" Then act accordingly. xo

Compassion is the way you live your life every day.

This world is full of kind and compassionate people just like you.

Before you open your mouth to say something, take a step back and imagine what you're going to say was said to you.It makes you think twice, doesn't it?

I don't have to experience tragedy to understand it.

Think as little as possible about yourself and as much as possible about other people.

There's a vast space between being simply human to being truly humane.

When you see your feet with no footwear, also see those with no feet.

God is disappointed when we don't realize that others are trying too.

God knows what it's like to be a human. When I talk to him about deadlines or long lines or tough times, he understands. He's been there. He's been here.

Good people are happy when something good happens to someone else.

Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.