Quotes about Empathy
No circumstances can make it necessary for a man to burst in sunder all the ties of humanity.
— John Wesley
Men are born for each other's sake, so either teach people or endure them
— Marcus Aurelius
Every man should bear his own grievances rather than detract from the comforts of another.
— Cicero
Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.
— Pope John Paul II
The man who has not suffered - what does he know anyway?
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
You must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.
— Booker T. Washington
To my God a heart of flame; To my fellow man a heart of love; To myself a heart of steel.
— St. Augustine
The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
— St. Jerome
A ruthless man extends his ruthlessness from those he does not love to those he loves.
— Confucius
When you see a good man, think of emulating him; when you see a bad man, examine your own heart.
— Confucius
When he has lost all hope, all object in life, man becomes a monster in his misery.
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
That's just the point: an honest and sensitive man opens his heart, and the man of business goes on eating - and then he eats you up.
— Fyodor Dostoevsky