empathy Quotes

Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power to that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.

The poor are discussed as this homogeneous mash, like porridge. The idea that they might be individuals, and be where they are for very different, diverse reasons, again seems to escape some people.

We do stigmatise teens a lot and see them as scary and alien.

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them.

We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no wish to find them alike.

Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.

Whoever is happy will make others happy too.