Quotes about Empathy

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.

What are others worth that they have the nerve to sneer at any human being?

Married people grow like each other.

I know myself, and I know the depth of my selfishness. I cannot be at ease (and to be at ease is my chief wish) if someone else is in pain, visibly or audibly or tactually. Sometimes this is mistaken by the innocent for unselfishness, when all I am doing is sacrificing a small good - in this case postponement in attending to my hurt - for the sake of a far greater good) a peace of mind when I need think only of myself.