empathy Quotes

“I used to suffer particularly because the poor animals must endure so much pain and want. The sight of an old, limping horse being dragged along by one man while another man struck him with a stick he was being... ...

“If people would wake that feeling of compassion within themselves, the suffering of others would affect them more often, and the desire to alleviate it, if not prevent it, would grow inside them. Then, the active involvement in the suffering... ...

“Keiner darf die Augen schliessen und das Leiden, dessen Anblick er sich erspart, als nicht geschehen ansehen.”

“I used to suffer particularly because the poor animals must endure so much pain and want. The sight of an old, limping horse being dragged along by one man while another man struck him with a stick he was being... ...

“It seemed to me a matter of course that we should all take our share of the burden of pain which lies upon the world.”

“We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger.”

“The fellowship of those who bear the mark of pain: who are the members of this Fellowship? Those who have learnt by experience what physical pain and bodily anguish mean, belong together all the world over; they are united by... ...

“When people have light in themselves, it will shine out from them. Then we get to know each other as we walk together in the darkness, without needing to pass our hands over each other's faces, or to intrude into... ...

“I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.”

“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.”