Quotes about Empathy
What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined together to strengthen each other in all labour, to minister to each other in all sorrow, to share with each other in all gladness, to be one with each other in the silent unspoken memories?
— George Eliot
What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life- to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories ...
— George Eliot
When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.
— George Eliot
Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.
— George Eliot
These fellow mortals, every one, must be accepted as they are.
— George Eliot
No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.
— George Eliot
We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.
— George Eliot
What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?
— George Eliot
The names of persons and living creatures demand respect, because when we speak to them we touch their heart and become a part of thier life force.
— Isabel Allende
You only have what you give. It's by spending yourself that you become rich.
— Isabel Allende
It made her feel sorry for her husband: she was discovering how vulnerable to flattery a conceited old man could be.
— Isabel Allende
Shared pain is more bearable.
— Isabel Allende