Robert C. Merton Quotes

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

My laundry list of wants in a partner is basically kindness. I want someone who is kind, and that's kind of where it begins and ends. I'm open to being surprised.

I'm quite a good listener, and I'm good at looking after people.

I feel compassion is so important to develop in ourselves. It's one of the most important elements of being a human being.

Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.

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

Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth. So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were 'reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.'

I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

The greater good is achieved by not only telling people what they need to know, but also filling them with a sense of empathy and love.

I like to think that I'm trying to choose love over most things, but that's my choice.

One of women's greatest values is compassion.

I have understood that the most important things are tenderness and kindness. I can't do without them.

Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.'

Better to be a loving person without knowing how you got there, than an expert no one can stand to be around.

Al Gore is a good man. He is a decent, caring man. He listens to his heart and his head. He loves his family.

No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.

Caring - about people, about things, about life - is an act of maturity.

Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.

I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.

Humankind would improve if we concentrated less on being human and more on being kind.

Kindness is wisdom.

I always think you have to show a degree of humanity and sensitivity when you're dealing with people in extreme circumstances.

We could be much more empathic as a society.

I'm very empathetic - that might be one of my superpowers.