Quotes about Empathy

Speak out for those who cannot speak"—who in the church today realizes that this is the very least that the Bible requires of us?

I fancy it must be this which, when I am with you, prevents me considering you an object of compassion, tho' Prime Minister of England; for now, when I am out of hearing of your foyning…I cannot help representing you to myself as oppressed with cares and troubles.

He now began to think of the church as called by God to "stand with those who suffer".

There ought to be no awkwardness or embarrassment to either of us, tho' there may be some anxiety: and if you will open to me fairly the whole state of your mind on these subjects, tho' I shall venture to state to you fairly the points where I fear we may differ, and to desire you to re-examine your own ideas where I think you are mistaken, I will not importune you with fruitless discussion on any opinion which you have deliberately formed.

We who are sometimes obsessed with social conscience can no longer imagine a world without it, or a society that regards the suffering of the poor and others as the "will of God.

We who are sometimes obsessed with social conscience can no longer imagine a world without it, or a society that regards the suffering of the poor and others as the "will of God.

As fallible humans, we usually slip too far over one edge or the other - all wrath and judgment or all grace and love.

It is no longer a question of a Christian going about to convert others to the faith, but of each one being ready to listen to the other and so to grow together in mutual understanding.

I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it sis my duty ... This is my highest and best use as a human.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.

I just want to reflect the respect I have for animals.