Quotes about Empathy

Performing is my therapy, to become different people onstage.

The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain.

When people meet me, I hope that they say this: 'This is a guy who, number one, loves the Lord, but he also loves people, and he wants to make a difference in people's life. And he wants to help everyone he comes in contact with, and he is genuine, he is real, and he cares about people.'

If you're going out for a meal with friends, and they say they can't afford to go to such and such a place, you can't force them to afford it.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others.

I can be a prickly personality at times, but none of it's ever malicious. I don't think anyone who really knows me on a deep level thinks I'm a bad guy. I like to think I'm a good guy.

The 'Third World' is a term I don't like very much because we're all one world. I want people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering.

Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don't.

Well, your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another, especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.

I'm all about thoughtful gifts. If you put thought behind it - it could be $5 - but if there's thought behind it, I think that's what matters.