Empathy Quotes

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." "A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away." "A great way to understand yourself is to seriously reflect on everything you find irritating in others." "The purpose of listening is not to reply, but to hear what is not being said." "You can reduce the annoyance of someone’s stupid belief by increasing your understanding of why they believe it." "Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you." "It is not time that changes man nor knowledge; the only thing that can change someone's mind is love." "A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic." "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle" "We are all just walking each other home." "I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion—and where it isn’t, that's where my work lies." "What is most personal is most universal." "We're all human at the end of the day, no matter what we've been through" "That human beings might understand each other as human beings" "Compassion is an action word with no boundaries" "Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore" "If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals." "Don’t treat people as bad as they are. Treat them as good as you are." "As an actor you always want to find a piece of yourself in every character" "Anger is not the proper response to anger. When you see someone angry you are seeing their pain. Compassion is the proper response to anger."