Quotes about Empathy

How incredible it is that in this fragile existence, we should hate and destroy one another.

No, it's not wrong to need people. But some of our biggest disappointments in life are the result of expectations we have of others that they can't ever possibly meet.

Forgiveness is mandatory; reconciliation is optional.

I love, therefore I am vulnerable.

We draw people to Christ not by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are, but by showing them a light that is so lovely that they want with all their hearts to know the source of it.

A good laugh heals a lot of hurts.

Love. That was what she had that IT did not have.

Love isn't how you feel. It's what you do.

You're going to get hurt yourself, and badly, if you take everything so hard.

If she could give love to IT perhaps it would shrivel up and die, for she was sure that IT could not withstand love.

We want nothing from you that you do without grace or [...] understanding.

One of the hardest lessons I have to learn is how not to be judgmental about people who are judgmental. When I see how wrong somebody is—how shallow it is to look at the Resurrection as a mere, explainable fact—when I see only the mistakenness of others, then I am blinded to their being children of God, who are just as valued and treasured as are those who more nearly agree with me.