Quotes about Empathy

Men are only as great as they are kind.

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

Friendship with oneself is all important because without it one cannot be friends with anybody else in the world

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?

Pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice. Divide and conquer! We must not let that happen here.

It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

To me who dreamed so much as a child, who made a dreamworld in which I was the heroine of an unending story, the lives of people around me continued to have a certain storybook quality. I learned something which has stood me in good stead many times — The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.

Do whatever comes your way to do as well as you can. Think as little as possible about yourself. Think as much as possible about other people. Dwell on things that are interesting. Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

As a people, I am afraid, we tend too often to brush aside with impatience, sometimes with discourtesy, customs and points of view which are alien to us.

If you will forget about yourself, whether or not you are making a good impression on people, what they think of you, and you will think about them instead, you won't be shy.