Empathy Quotes

"To be clear is to be kind." "Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense." "Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse" "I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." "What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander." "Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere." "Let us forget with generosity those who cannot love us." "Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t" "If you don't jump to put jeans on, baby, you don't feel my pain " "I will not say do not weep, for not all tears are an evil" "When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight." "Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion – towards ourselves and towards all living beings." "If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence." "An emotion comes, say anger. We act as if no one is feeling it but our own self. This is really hard on the person who makes us angry!" "Compassion is a verb." "He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words." "Blindness separates us from things but deafness separates us from people" "This character feels so much like my brother. I have to love him because he's me." "Now that I'm a parent, I understand why my father was in a bad mood a lot." "It definitely has learning a lesson and being kind to others and all those things I like."