"Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself."
Mohsin Hamid
Browsing category: Compassion
"When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you."
Susan Sarandon
"The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others."
Erik Erikson
"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist." Indira Gandhi
"Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world." Aung San Suu Kyi
"When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness." Joseph Campbell
“We’re not taught to look at what is going on and say, ‘Look what I have created in my life. Isn’t that interesting?’ Instead, we are taught to judge, lay blame, accuse, play victim, and seek revenge. Neither are we taught to think that our lives are directed by forces other than our own conscious mind—but, in truth, they are.” Colin C. Tipping
"The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy." Meryl Streep
"One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody." Mother Teresa
"Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act."
Dr. Seuss