Empathy Quotes

"I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil." "Trust that there is more than one way to see something. Trust that there is more than one way to be" "You don't have to feel the need to put somebody down to make yourself feel better" "Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?" "Love is the sum of all virtue, and love disposes us to good." "Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind." "I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship." "Cruelty is cheap, easy, and rampant. It’s also chicken shit. Especially when you attack and criticize anonymously. Most of the cruelty in the world comes from people who are miserable with themselves." "We are all connected. What unites us is our common humanity." "Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other" "The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power" "If you can only be tall because somebody's on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And my feeling is, white people have a very, very serious problem" "When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul." "What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like" "The highest form of love is to be the protector of another person's solitude."