Quotes about Empathy
I, who have never willfully pained another, have no business to pain myself.
— Marcus Aurelius
Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding.
— Dale Carnegie
Do you want to do something beautiful for God? There is a person who needs you. This is your chance.
— Mother Teresa
Every human interaction offers you the chance to make things better or to make things worse.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Compassion gives us a common ground to stand on regardless of your faith background. It gives us a chance to stand shoulder-to-shoulder rather than go fist-to-fist with somebody.
— Max Lucado
True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.
— Pema Chodron
Love suffers far more for the pains of the beloved than for its own pains.
— Peter Kreeft
The more you treat someone you hate as if you loved them, the more you will find yourself loving them.
— Peter Kreeft
We too can love with the will even when we do not have loving emotions or feelings. We make this distinction toward ourselves quite easily, so we should be able to do it toward others too when necessary.
— Peter Kreeft
But to observe our neighbor's faults with the intention of looking down upon them or of detracting them . . . is sinful.
— Peter Kreeft
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.
— Peter Kreeft
Suffering together builds togetherness, and if togetherness is more important for us and for our joy than freedom from suffering is, then God is good to allow this suffering.
— Peter Kreeft