empathy Quotes

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.

We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.

We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes.

We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.

In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.

We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.