To me, empathy and compassion are among the bravest of emotions ... and faith, the bravest of convictions.

All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.

seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another.

The solution to nearly every problem in the world comes down to greater awareness, compassion, and empathy.

One of his greatest talents was empathy; no sadist can aspire to perfection without that diagnostic ability.

If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive.

...It also taught me that while cruelty can be fun for a few moments, compassion has a much longer shelf life.

When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.

When good people consider you the bad guy, you develop a heart to help the bad ones. You actually understand them.

Among all the creatures of creation, the gods favor us: We are the only ones who can empathize with their problems.

When someone says to us, as Thich Nhat Hanh suggests, "Darling, I care about your suffering," a deep healing begins.

Everyone breathing is broken. Keep breathing light into them until the stained glass collage takes your breath away.

Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?

They say compassion is the only voice; a gift which can help mend the broken, lift the fallen and soften the hardened.

Fiction challenges us and works its miracles by placing us in the skin of another human being and teaching us empathy.