Quotes about Empathy
It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let us all smile at each other for a smile is the beginning of love.
— Mother Teresa
You cannot give what you don't have
— Anonymous
Well-wrought poems and works of imaginative literature can do for us what stone-cold prose can never do. They can help us grasp the full dimension of ways of life other than our own.
— James Sire
We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
— Jane Goodall
We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
— Jane Goodall
Each one of us matters, has a role to play, and makes a difference. Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other.
— Jane Goodall
Having someone who understands is a great blessing for ourselves. Being someone who understands is a great blessing to others.
— Janette Oke
One of the worst ways is the non-apology apology, which sounds like an apology but doesn't really accept any blame. For example, "We're sorry if this upset you." Or "I'm sorry that you don't feel we lived up to your expectations." Whatever.
— Jason Fried
I will not resort to violence, I will not degrade myself with hatred. I will return good for evil, I will love my enemies. Christ showed us the way and Gandhi in India showed it could work.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
You can be at all fronts, wherever there is grief, in the power of the cross. Your compassionate love takes you everywhere, this love from the divine heart. Its precious blood is poured everywhere, soothing, healing, saving.
— Edith Stein
The woman's soul is fashioned as a shelter in which other souls may unfold.
— Edith Stein