Quotes about Empathy
Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love.
— Thomas Jefferson
We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.
— Thomas Jefferson
Do not be too severe upon the errors of the people, but reclaim them by enlightening them.
— Thomas Jefferson
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
— Thomas Jefferson
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
— Thomas Jefferson
The measure of society is how it treats the weakest members.
— Thomas Jefferson
The measure of society is how it treats the weakest members.
— Thomas Jefferson
May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.
— Thomas Jefferson
May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.
— Thomas Jefferson
Love your neighbor as yourself, and your country more than yourself.
— Thomas Jefferson
Shall we refuse to the unhappy fugitives from distress that hospitality which the savages of the wilderness extended to our fathers arriving in this land? Shall oppressed humanity find no asylum on this globe?
— Thomas Jefferson
In the end, it's the reality of personal realtionships that save everything.
— Thomas Merton