Empathy Quotes - Page 4

The pain on the inside is what keeps you human,' she said. 'Never forget that.

But when he’s cut, I bleed.

I always wondered what it must be like to lose a twin - if somehow Mary felt it like it was happening to her. If she felt physical pain.

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.

There's something in everyone only they know.

All that we can't say is all we need to hear.

How easy it is to invent a humanity, for anyone at all.

Nothing renews my faith in humanity more than the exchange of compassion so profound that mere words cannot embrace it.

I came to recognise that, apart from her [Françoise's] own kinsfolk, the sufferings of humanity inspired in her a pity which increased in direct ratio to the distance separating the sufferers from herself.

Shared emotions experienced by two souls,empathy on unequivocal level which Davey believed would change entire species of mankind if only secret of empathy could be telepathically shared with humanity,one soul after another, until every soul understood true meaning of love.

Neither did she realise yet that grief is a kind of glue, too, that the essence of humanity is this empathy, and that we fall together in that moment of tenderest perception when we see and feel each other's wounds and know another's sorrow like a brother of our own.

Help someone, you earn a friend. Help someone too much, you make an enemy.

They say compassion is the only voice; a gift which can help mend the broken, lift the fallen and soften the hardened.

I’m pretty sure all the individuals trying to control other people’s happiness have none in their own lives.

Understanding people’s difficulties and - just as crucial - helping people understand their own difficulties and teaching them concrete ways to help themselves will help them better deal with their own lives and, in turn, ours.

Because of the value placed on individual materialistic success in our society, we are surrounded by people primarily interested in getting something from others. Their attitudes are characterised by selfishness and a lack of empathy for others.

Appreciate youthfulness and empathize with elderly people.

Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion, and empathy.

I thought it would teach them a thing or two about empathy, and friendship, and loyalty. As it turns out, Jack Will didn't need to learn any of these virtues- he already had them in abundance.

I'm not asking you to walk in my shoes; I'd never wish my afflictions on anyone. But could you walk beside me on secure ground and reach to hold my hand?