Quotes about Empathy

There be three gentle and goodlie things, To be here, To be together, And to think well of one another.

Anne, are you killed?' shrieked Diana, throwing herself on her knees beside her friend. 'Oh, Anne, dear Anne, speak just one word to me and tell me if you're killed.

What a spineless thing I must be not to have even one enemy!

Anyone who has sympathy and understanding to give has a treasure that is without money and without price.

Am i talking too much? People are always telling me I do. Would you rather I didn't talk? If you say so I'll stop. I can stop when I make up my mind to it, although it's difficult.

Can I help you? said Jane. Though Jane herself had no inkling of it, those words were the keynote of her character. Any one else would probably have said, What is the matter? But Jane always wanted to help: and, though she was too young to realize it, the tragedy of her little existence was that nobody ever wanted her help.

I saved his life, and when you've saved a creature's life you're bound to love it. It's next thing to giving life.

I kind of think she's one of the sort you can do anything with if you only get her to love you.

There is some good in every person if you can find it. It is a teacher's duty to find and develop it.

Valancy held Cissy close. She was suddenly happy. Here was someone who needed her — someone she could help. She was no longer a superfluity. Old things had passed away; everything had become new.

The trouble is you and Mrs Lynde don't understand each other. That is always what is wrong when people don't like each other. - Anne Shirley

Oh, they meant to be — I know they meant to be just as good and kind as possible. And when people mean to be good to you, you don't mind very much when they're not quite — always.