#empathy

"When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen."

"A long list of propositions does not necessarily make a coherent argument"

"To perceive is to suffer."

"Sooner or later in life, we will all take our own turn being in the position we once had someone else in."

"Each person you meetis an aspect of yourself,clamoring for love."

"The heart of an Irishman is nothing but his imagination"

"A lion of truth never assumes anything without validity. Assumptions are quick exits for lazy minds that like to graze out in the fields without bother."

"Any man filled with empathy is capable of gaining valuable insights on the human condition through the suffering of others. You do not need to suffer to know suffering, but you need empathy first to identify and feel the suffering of others around you."

"None of us can choose where we shall love..."

"Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile away and have his shoes."

"I call him religious who understands the suffering of others."

"People die from lack of shared empathy and affinity. By establishing social connectedness, we give hope a chance and the other can become heaven. ( "Le ciel c'est l'autre")"

"For those constantly full of joy, they sometimes feel a little guilty for always feeling so good. That guilt is compassion: it flies in with an attempt to share one's joy with others who do not have it."

"It’s not so much the journey that’s important; as is the way that we treat those we encounter and those around us, along the way"

"There are so many men, all endlessly attempting to sweep me off my feet. And there is one of you, trying just the opposite. Making sure my feet are firm beneath me, lest I fall."

"Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform."

"Oxford in the Inklings' day was not so different in look and smell from the Oxford of today. Then, as now, one was tempted to fantasize one's surroundings as a Camelot of intellectual knight-errantry or an Eden of serene contemplation. Then, as now, there was bound to be disappointment."

"If we are to love our neighbors, before doing anything else we must see our neighbors. With our imagination as well as our eyes, that is to say like artists, we must see not just their faces but the life behind and within their faces. Here it is love that is the frame we see them in."

"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."