Quotes about Empathy
When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.
— George Eliot
Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.
— George Eliot
These fellow mortals, every one, must be accepted as they are.
— George Eliot
No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.
— George Eliot
We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.
— George Eliot
What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?
— George Eliot
The names of persons and living creatures demand respect, because when we speak to them we touch their heart and become a part of thier life force.
— Isabel Allende
You only have what you give. It's by spending yourself that you become rich.
— Isabel Allende
It made her feel sorry for her husband: she was discovering how vulnerable to flattery a conceited old man could be.
— Isabel Allende
Shared pain is more bearable.
— Isabel Allende
In Chile it is bad manners to acknowledge that you're overly satisfied, because that can irritate the less fortunate, which is why for us the correct answer to the question "How are you?" is "So-so." That is an opening for sympathizing with the other speaker's situation.
— Isabel Allende
She learned to bear her troubles alone and with dignity, convinced no one was interested in other people's problems, and that pain borne in silence eventually evaporated.
— Isabel Allende