A. C. Benson Quotes

Have consideration for wounded feelings.

In all disappointments sympathy is a great balm.

People in distress never think that you feel enough.

But most people don't come up to me and express a lot of emotion.

I know it is all right. I wish I could make you feel so, I wish I could describe my feelings.

I tend to empathize with people, just in general.

You need someone there that gets what you're going through.

It would be good to rely on the man during my most tired moments. The best is if he will listen to my stories when I am stressed.

If you can understand, you can feel compassion.

Empathy isn't the same thing as expressing emotions. It's not about sharing your feelings - it can be really uncomfortable if a parent cries or loses strength at the moment her daughter needs it most. The message sent is that you need to be taken care of, not the other way around.

For some reason, I like seeing people feel emotional.

I am the type of person that likes to put myself in someone's shoes to 'get' it.

Empathy feels these thoughts; your hurt is in my heart, your loss is in my prayers, your sorrow is in my soul, and your tears are in my eyes.

Someone feeling wronged is like someone feeling thirsty. Don’t tell them they aren’t. Sit with them and have a drink.

Pity is the most pleasant feeling in those who have not much pride and have no prospect of great conquests; for them the easy prey - and that is what all who suffer are - is enchanting.

There is nothing sweeter than to be sympathized with.

Though sympathy alone can't alter facts, it can help to make them more bearable.

I do not know of a better cure for sorrow than to pity somebody else.

Those who show pity and are always ready to help during times of trouble are seldom the same ones who rejoice in our joy: when others are happy they have nothing to do, they become superfluous and lose their feeling of superiority, and so they easily show their displeasure.

Compassion is the fellow-feeling of the unsound.

Where a blood relation sobs, an intimate friend should choke up, a distant acquaintance should sigh, a stranger should merely fumble sympathetically with his handkerchief.

They [the people under you] may desire help, but more than anything else they desire sympathy. Don't make the mistake of turning such men down with the statement that you have troubles of your own.

Empathy doesn't require that we have the exact same experiences as the person sharing their story with us...Empathy is connecting with the emotion that someone is experiencing, not the event or the circumstance.

consolation is a beautiful word. everyone skins his knee-that doesnt make yours hurt anyless.

Sympathy is the golden key that unlocks the hearts of others.