Daphne du Maurier Quotes

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.

I have to be in tune. All the time. I have to be in tune with my husband, where he is, how he's feeling. I have to be in tune with where my family is.

I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.

Typically, we get annoyed when our spouses complain. We get defensive. But, really, when your spouse complains, he or she is giving you wonderful information about what would make him or her feel loved.

It is human nature to imagine, to put yourself in another's shoes. The past may be another country. But the only passport required is empathy.

Compassion is our most important practice. Understanding brings compassion. Understanding the suffering that living beings undergo helps liberate the energy of compassion. And with that energy you know what to do.

Compassion takes imagination.

I don't have to be an expert. I just have to care.

To judge human character rightly, a man may sometimes have very small experience, provided he has a very large heart.

Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.

And when I came in with tears in my eyes, you always knew whether I needed you to hold me or just let me be. I don't know how you knew, but you did, and you made it easier for me.

True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the suffering and joys of others.

No one can deal with the hearts of men unless he has the sympathy which is given by love.

Anyone who has gone through great suffering is bound to have a greater sympathy and understanding of the problems of mankind.

If we take the time to look deeply, we see that understanding and compassion arise from suffering. Understanding is the understanding of suffering, and compassion is the kind of energy that can transform suffering. If suffering is not there, we have no means to cultivate our understanding and our compassion. This is something quite simple to see

Fortunately for women, most men mistake loneliness for love before marriage, and habit for happiness afterward.

The real essentials of life - compassion, kindness, good will, forgiveness - are what is fundamental to living as a true human being.

The ability to understand the cause of your own suffering gives you the ability to understand ours.

There is no greater intelligence than kindness and empathy.

I think empathy is really important for pleasure.

Go beyond yourself and reach out to other people with a sincere love, respect, caring, and understanding of their needs.

Without suffering, there'd be no compassion.

I respect you more than anyone. But right now I’m wondering what bothers you more, that I made a stupid decision or that I didn’t make your decision.

Let me be patient, let me be kind, make me unselfish, without being blind.

When you have a choice whether to be be right or to be kind, choose to be kind.