Quotes about Empathy
A good death is a death in solidarity with others. To prepare ourselves for a good death, we must develop or deepen this sense of solidarity.
— Henri Nouwen
Civility does not ...mean the mere outward gentleness of speech cultivated for the occasion, but an inborn gentleness and desire to do the opponent good.
— Mahatma Gandhi
That 'simple desire' to share something meant that we could enter the world of language without words, where everything is always clear and there is no danger of being misinterpreted.
— Paulo Coelho
The desire to reach hearts is wise
— Maya Angelou
We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God's sake.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
— Thomas Jefferson
Treat people with dignity and respect.
— Michelle Obama
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
— Aristotle
One of my goals in making music is to make the world seem bigger, and life seem larger.
— Ezra Furman
We must all learn a good lesson - how to live together.
— Jesse Jackson
I would assume my father would support anything that lifted up and created opportunities for 'the least of these.'
— Martin Luther King III
When I was young I used to listen to other people and to try and understand what they thought and where they were coming from. I listened and didn't speak.
— Malala Yousafzai