Quotes about Empathy

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.

Tolkien offers sympathy, surrender, friendship and, most of all, forgiveness.

Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is an attitude.

A forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note, torn in two and burned up, so that it never can be shown against the man.

Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

I have learned now that while those who speak about ones miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.

Friendship involves many things but, above all the power of going outside oneself and appreciating what is noble and loving in another.