Quotes about Empathy

We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread.

I remember when I was young, there was an older boy who was physically and mentally disabled. He had a speech impediment and walked with difficulty. The boys used to make fun of him. They teased and taunted him until sometimes he would cry.

I remember when I was young, there was an older boy who was physically and mentally disabled. He had a speech impediment and walked with difficulty. The boys used to make fun of him. They teased and taunted him until sometimes he would cry.

The Savior encouraged brotherhood. He was not a long-distance leader. He walked and worked with those whom he led. He was not afraid of close friendships. He spent many hours with his disciples, and his relationships with them were intimate.

Much unhappiness comes from walking alone. When there are several, it's somewhat different. I must get into the habit of listening to others, for what the others say concerns me, too.

When I go to Africa and spend more time there with people who are the least of the least, those in desperate situations, I am broken by it. But I also find people with so much more joy and freedom living with nothing than I see walking down the streets of my own community here in Tennessee.

I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people.

It doesn't matter if they're in this block or that block: my heart is for all people to know and encounter the love of God.

The people that are my friends and are easy to get along with, they make me feel like I'm a boss at loving people.

I'm certainly not the guy who can say 'This guy doesn't belong in the business.' Unless you really went out of bounds or something, nobody died and left me. God and made me make those decisions.

When I look at what's happening with #MeToo, my heart breaks, basically, for everybody involved.

I hate a bully, and I hate racists.