Quotes about Empathy
In the absence of love, we began slowly but surely to fall apart.
- Marianne Williamson
When Christ said: "I was hungry and you fed me," he didn't mean only the hunger for bread and for food; he also meant the hunger to be loved. Jesus himself experienced this loneliness.
- Mother Teresa
Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.
- Bishop TD Jakes
We all agree that forgiveness is a beautiful idea until we have to practice it.
- CS Lewis
Forgiveness does not require us to close our eyes but rather to truly open them.
- Richard Paul Evans
Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat.
- William Paul Young
We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of others and irrational mania of those who hate or condemn us.
- Thomas Merton
To err is human; to forgive people and yourself for poor behavior is to be sensible and realistic.
- Albert Ellis
How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
- Publilius Syrus
Reject hatred without hating.
- Mary Baker Eddy
The ultimate proof of total forgiveness takes place when we sincerely petition the Father to let those who have hurt us off the hookâeven if they have hurt not only us, but also those close to us.
- RT Kendall