Quotes about Empathy

Not to make Joe uneasy by talking too much, even if I had been able to talk much, I deferred asking him about Miss Havisham until next day. He shook his head when I then asked him if she had recovered? 'Is she dead, Joe?' 'Why, you see, old chap,' said Joe, in a tone of remonstrance, and by way of getting at it by degrees, 'I wouldn't go so far as to say that, for that's a deal to say; but she ain't -' 'Living, Joe?' 'That's nigher where it is,' said Joe; 'she ain't living.

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.

Take care that no one hates you justly.

This world abounds indeed with misery: to lighten its burthen we must divide it with one another.

I, who have no sisters nor brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends...

In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.

Hate is a lack of imagination.

Every testimony is valid because there is someone out there a lot like you.

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eyes

I've learned... . That being kind is more important than being right.

I've learned... . That being kind is more important than being right.