Quotes about Empathy
We do not see into men's hearts. We cannot judge, and are indeed forbidden to judge.
— CS Lewis
You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
— Henry Ward Beecher
I will never tell anyone to pick up a gun. But I will pray for the man who picks up a gun, pray that he will be less cruel than he might otherwise have been.
— Desmond Tutu
The final battle against intolerance is to be fought - not in the chambers of any legislature - but in the hearts of men.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
It is the duty of men to love even those who injure them.
— Marcus Aurelius
Love is understanding, redemptive goodwill for all men, so that you love everybody.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The oppressed must never allow the conscience of the oppressor to slumber. Religion reminds every man that he is his brother's keeper.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
No man can become a great leader of men unless he has the milk of human kindness in his own heart, and leads by suggestion and kindness, rather than by force.
— Napoleon Hill
No man can help another without helping himself.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The measure of man's humanity is the extent and intensity of his love for mankind.
— Ashley Montagu
What you do to these men on California's Death Row, you do to God.
— Mother Teresa
Man can see his reflection in water only when he bends down close to it, and the heart of man, too, must lean down to the heart of his fellow; then it will see itself within his heart.
— Hannah More