Christian Slater Quotes

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 don't claim to be an expert on love. I'm just a woman who has experienced a lot of things, and I want to share and hopefully my sharing will help make your situation better, because that's the goal.

What kind of man would I have been if I had not been there to help her? I felt along with her - not the physical pain, of course, but all her mental anguish. You can't be detached.

Your experiences, everything you've gone through, good or bad, it's not for you - it's for helping somebody else. It's to relate to somebody else in need.

A man doesn't have to have all the answers; children will teach him how to parent them, and in the process will teach him everything he needs to know about life.

My wife Patrice, in addition to being enormously supportive, has taught me a lot about life. She might argue it's because I have so much to learn. One of the most important things I've learned is the art of listening.

Maybe what I'm trying to do is heal others. I think what we're trying to do in theater is heal someone.

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything.

If you never know hardship, you can't really support people around you.

I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with.

You have perspective when little people come into your life. You take the best things you have and let them overshadow your disappointment.

Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.

He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.

Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him.

I have felt so much for you that I cannot withhold the expression of my sympathies …. All you can do is to order,—that execution must depend on others

In a place of pain, there is space for everyone.

If I helped you through something or if I helped you find love or if I helped you find a way through heartbreak or whatever it is, then my job is done, and that's what I want to leave behind in this world.

Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive.

When you hear about what someone else is going through, and you are unable to distance yourself from it or in any way muzzle your empathy and are inspired to actually do something, these are moments to learn from.

We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes.

My life was forever changed by people who took the time and had the patience to learn my story and to share theirs with me. They forsook judgment and came to me with kindness and empathy and the impact of that decision was huge.

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.

I always seek the time to talk to people who are reaching out for help because sometimes you just need that one person to tell you everything is going to be OK.