Empathy Quotes

"Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit" "When you listen to a witness, you become a witness." "We must not see any person as an abstraction. Instead, we must see in every person a universe with its own secrets, with its own treasures, with its own sources of anguish, and with some measure of triumph." "Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart." "Sometimes I put on a ski mask and dress in old clothes, go out on the streets and beg for quarters" "The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane" "To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer" "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend." "Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts" "The giving of love is an education in itself" "As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others " "Never judge anyone else's choices without knowing all their reasons" "To love without condition, to talk without intention, listen without judging, to give without reason and to care without expectation, that's the spirit of true love" "The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy." "Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it… Don’t allow his anger to become your anger"