Philip Rosenthal Quotes

Empathy is the most mysterious transaction that the human soul can have, and it's accessible to all of us, but we have to give ourselves the opportunity to identify, to plunge ourselves in a story where we see the world from the bottom up or through another's eyes or heart.

We are all trying to make it the best way we know how, so when we look at each other as individuals and nations, we should do so with compassion.

We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers on board that mysterious ship called life.

I think, really, that the only way a person can open their heart to someone who is so much another is really by knowing them... whether that's in a classroom, or a soccer team, or a food pantry, or any of those things. I mean, we're kind of more alike than we are different.

As I lived on in America, I got to truly know the people of this country - so many kind and wonderful people, people of so many races - who helped me in so many ways. Who became my friends. I realized that underneath our different accents, habits, foods, religions, ways of thinking, we shared a common humanity.

Toeing the starting line of a marathon, regardless of the language you speak, the God you worship or the color of your skin, we all stand as equal. Perhaps the world would be a better place if more people ran.

Trying to imagine what it's like to be someone else is never a substitute for actually living that way, for acknowledging the respect that we need to have for each other's experiences.

And rather than judging and alienating others, I do think there's an opportunity that no one is taking, myself included, to actually understand why somebody is coming from a certain place.

Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them. If you allow yourself to be somewhat curious - and if you get into the habit of doing that - it's the first step to being open minded and realizing that your points of view aren't totally opposite.

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.

For me, literature is a way of enlarging myself by learning about people who are not like me.

I love experiencing other people's realities, seeing the world through their eyes for a short period of time.

The world is changing and the physical barriers are down now. It's time for the emotional barriers to go down. And what better place to start than school?

We meet aliens every day who have something to give us. They come in the form of people with different opinions.

In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference - that is what I have argued.

If we treasure our own experience and regard it as real, we must also treasure other people's experience.

I wanted to live the inner life of every man I saw, look at the world through his eyes.

We have to realize only in communication, in real knowledge, in real reaching out, can there be an understanding that there's humanity everywhere, and that's what I'm trying to do.

Our uniqueness, our individuality, and our life experience molds us into fascinating beings. I hope we can embrace that. I pray we may all challenge ourselves to delve into the deepest resources of our hearts to cultivate an atmosphere of understanding, acceptance, tolerance, and compassion. We are all in this life together.

I am a human being; nothing human can be alien to me.

Try to love someone who you want to hate, because they are just like you, somewhere inside, in a way you may never expect, in a way that resounds so deeply within you that you cannot believe it.

People need to spread love towards strangers. We all bleed the same blood and we are all part of a global community now.

We are all human and I want to relate that message to all people.

Sometimes we are separated by differences, and sometimes we are united by common ideals of respect and compassion.

I mean I think children love the idea that there are different viewpoints and different words for things and different worlds. And the more that they pretend to be other people, the harder it is for them to hate them and misunderstand them when they grow up.