Quotes about Empathy
Francis Bacon," said Peter, a trifle belatedly. "Mr. Kirk, you're a man after my own heart.
- Dorothy Sayers
He had been taught that bread unshared is bread unblessed when someone else is hungry, whether man or beast, friend or stranger.
- Dorothy West
Acquaintance softens prejudice.
- Aesop
People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
- Aesop
There is always someone worse off than yourself.
- Aesop
Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most
- Aesop
Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.
- Aesop
Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us.
- Alain de Botton
Love is a skill, not just an enthusiasm.
- Alain de Botton
Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.
- Alain de Botton
Sometimes you develop a passion for something because of some personal experience.
- Francis Collins
A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
- Desmond Tutu