Jeanne Marie Laskas Quotes

I never had to put myself in somebody else's shoes.

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.

I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons can't be learnt in lecture halls.

Compassionate action emerges from the sense of openness, connectedness, and discernment you have created.

I guess real maturity, which most of us never achieve, is when you realize that you're not the center of the universe.

Tragedies make you realize how selfish you are.

I feel really privileged to have gracious and merciless people with a lot of perspective and patience in my life.

That's always what I've tried to do. I've tried to communicate. But at the end of the day, it's still for you to understand something. Understand that the world is bigger than you.

I think humility - which I think is a very good value to adopt - is basically an extension of understanding your own ignorance.

Empathy requires knowing that you know nothing.

My answer is: Recognize yourself in others

Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.

Never underestimate the power of compassionately recognizing what's going on.

If you have the power to see things through somebody else's eyes, it's like going from black and white to color or two dimensions to three dimensions.

A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.

Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn.

To be a good citizen, it's important to be able to put yourself in other people's shoes and see the big picture. If everything you see is rooted in your own identity, that becomes difficult or impossible.

When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you.

It's only possible to see people when one is able to see the world as others see it.

The worst men give the best advice

We are seekers of the truth, but we do not embody the truth. And in humility, we should recognize that the same can be said about our most ardent foes.

To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is.

… people can't imagine someone else's point of view.

When you're in the world I'm in, sometimes you have to remember that when you see your friends, you need to ask them what they've been doing, and you need to grow up and learn your life isn't necessarily more interesting than other people's.

No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.