Quotes about Empathy

Do not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him. If you injure someone you dislike, you will find yourself disliking him more. If you do him a good turn, you will find yourself disliking him less.

Friendship marks a life even more deeply rhan love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.

A true friend is the best possession.

The best rule of friendship is to keep your heart a little softer than your head.

Love your friend with his fault.

Trouble shared is trouble halved.

I observed once to Goethe ... that when a friend is with us we do not think the same of him as when he is away. He replied, "Yes! because the absent friend is yourself, and he exists only in your head; whereas the friend who is present has an individuality of his own, and moves according to laws of his own, which cannot always be in accordance with those which you form for yourself."

What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to others.

Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

He who would do good to another, must do it in minute particulars.

The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbour.

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone.