Quotes about Empathy

In my multifold years of life, I have learned that most people get along as best they can. They don't intend to hurt anyone. It is merely a terrible by-product of surviving

Hardship finds its way into every life. It's just much easier to see our own than other people's.

most people get along as best they can. They don't intend to hurt anyone. It is merely a terrible by-product of surviving.

She looked around the room then, and her eyes got misty, and she said we kids oughta remember there was a time when some folks had it a lot harder than others. I couldn't see how things were so different now.

Sometimes we must try to view the actions of those around us with forgiveness. We must realize that they are going on the only road they can see.

The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. As Americans, we are blessed with circumstances that protect our human rights and our religious freedom, but for many people around the world, deprivation and persecution have become a way of life.

He noted that Christ himself, although the Son of God, was always gentle with those who were poor or weak. He went on to say that he tried to follow a simple rule: "You only have to have two loves in your life: for God, and for the person in front of you at any particular time.

Those Christians who resist the inclination toward fundamentalism and who follow the nature, actions, and words of Jesus Christ should consider people who are different from us to be worthy of our care, generosity, forgiveness, compassion, and unselfish love.

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

At the end of the day I want to be able to say I contributed more than I criticized.

The worse a person is the less he feels it.