Paul Dano Quotes

I'm not generally a sensitive person, but I tend to be more sensitive toward others and what they're going through. I don't know if that's the healthiest thing, but it's the truth.

I've certainly had a lot of experiences in my life where I was much too self-centered.

I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use.'

I'm a sensitive person.

I'll admit that I'm self-centered - all of us are - but I can also be external and giving and listening and empathetic and all that sort of stuff.

You should think about the world and feel about your heart.

He who doesn't consider himself is seldom considerate of others.

Developing our capacity for compassion makes it possible for us to help others in a more skillful and effective way. And compassion helps us as well.

What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love.

Compassion is the key to living outside the confines of your lower self.

Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.

The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.

The artistic side of a person is never narcissist; it's always empathic. It's always kind and compassionate.

I now see that I never needed to be so mean or cruel.

If you aren't humble, whatever empathy you claim is false and probably results from some arrogance or the desire to control. But true empathy is rooted in humility and the understanding that there are many people with as much to contribute in life as you.

I will try and become a very empathetic person because I do think that's a nice trait.

I take the greatest lesson from compassion - it takes away all the conceit out of my life.

I am working on a technical paper on compassion. So I am reading everything I can on the subject, including my own mind and heart.

If you have not been served personally by caring hands in your own life, do not be bitter, but instead, ask yourself who you can now serve.

Personally, I think humility is a prerequisite to being a truly empathic person.

Young people, when they're left alone, always want to have compassion, and they always want to give. They always want to help people who are less fortunate.

Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person.

With all the things I've been through, the No. 1 thing that I've learned is that we're supposed to help people through this world.

I think I'm still figuring out how to be a little less selfish.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.