Quotes about Empathy
Every man rejoices twice when he has a partner in his joy. He who shares tears with us wipes them away. He divides them in two, and he who laughs with us makes the joy double.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Refinement that carries us away from our fellow-men is not God's refinement.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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
Today too, amid so much darkness, we need to see the light of hope and to be men and women who bring hope to others.
— Pope Francis
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