Quotes about Empathy

I think my job is hopefully to connect with people emotionally and to feel less alone or understand things in a certain way.

I believe you mother everybody, not in a cloying, hovering way, but taking care of what is around you.

Even the most despicable person is still a human being.

Whatever the reason is, I am happiest when connecting with the human experience. It lets me know that I'm not alone in this world.

It is only our humanity that can deliver us from the brutality of our achievements.

I think some of the funniest and most artistic people I know are the ones who had a hard time at school. They often have humility and artistry. So, as much as I feel bad for kids who have to go through a rough childhood, I believe that if they can turn it around, it's going to make them better people later on.

As Robin Morgan wrote so wisely, Hate generalizes, love specifies. That's what makes going on the road so important. It definitely specifies.

I wish sometimes you had a few bad motives, you might understand a little more about human beings.

Friendship is something in the soul. It is a thing one feels. It is not a return for something.

We never get accustomed to being less important to other people than they are to us.

Pity is cruel. Pity destroys.

What are we doing to each other? Because I know that I am doing to him exactly what he is doing to me. We are sometimes so happy, and never in our lives have we known more unhappiness.