Empathy Quotes

"The worst prison would be a closed heart" "An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity." "Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will." "One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price" "Morality doesn't mean 'following divine orders'. It means reducing suffering" "Without the necessary sense of inclusiveness, love is just an entanglement, not an envelopment." "Life should touch you, even if you are handling the dead." "We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful." "There's no such thing as a weird human being, it's just that some people require more understanding than others" "It's time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again" "Compassion is the basis of morality." "To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you." "If you are feeling helpless, help someone." "No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another" "Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts" "We need never be ashamed of our tears" "If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far." "My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together" "To change the world, we must be good to those who cannot repay us." "Life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation, and compassion"