Empathy Quotes

"If you don't like yourself, you're not going to be able to like other people" "Love your neighbor as yourself" "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" "Compassion is no substitute for justice" "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted" "The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others" "Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being" "Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart" "You can make more friends in two months by becoming really interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you" "When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion" "I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town" "Seek first to understand, then to be understood." "I just think that philanthropy is a fancy way to say that you care about others and that you want to serve others. And that's been a part of me for as long as I can remember" "Be good to people for no reason" "An intelligent person aims at being kind and the ability to be kind is the highest of the arts and the most like the work of God" "You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving" "In your light I learn how to love" "Animals are such agreeable friends they ask no questions they pass no criticisms" "Make a difference about something other than yourselves" "A prerequisite to empathy is simply paying attention to the person in pain."