Quotes about Empathy

The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.

The man who lives for himself is a failure; the man who lives for others has achieved true success.

It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her.

Success is about us. Significance is about others.

Know that the only remedy for love is to love more.

Do as you will, but harm no one. What you give will be returned to you threefold. Fall in love whenever you can.

I know who you are in your heart,' Andres said. 'That's all that matters.' And that was it. That was the moment. Now I knew how I would feel if I ever lost him. That was how you knew love. My mother had told me that. All you had to do was imagine your life without the other person, and if the thought alone made you shiver, then you knew.

Whoever knows you when you are young can look inside you and see the person you once were, and maybe still are at certain times.

Are people drawn to each other because of the stories they carry inside? At the library I couldn't help but notice which patrons checked out the same books. They appeared to have nothing in common, but who could tell what a person was truly made of? The unknown, the riddle, the deepest truth. I noticed them all: the ones who'd lost their way, the ones who'd lived their lives in ashes, the ones who had to prove themselves, the ones who, like me, had lost the ability to feel.

It was true, when you saved someone, they belonged to you in some small way, but it was also true that you belonged to them. They would stay with you and enter into your dreams and your thoughts, as you would enter into theirs.