Being hurt inevitably breeds feelings of hatred towards your attacker. But when we hurt others, we have to deal with their hatred for us, and our own feelings of guilt. But knowing what it feels like to be hurt is exactly why we try to be kind to others. That's what makes us human.
It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and great each other.
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
Faces are the most interesting things we see; other people fascinate me, and the most interesting aspect of other people - the point where we go inside them - is the face. It tells all.
Dogs are voiceless ... a critical part of having dogs is emotional responsibility: learning how to understand them and, when necessary, to speak and act on their behalf.
To me, friendship means loving tolerance.
Pleasure cannot be shared; like Pain, it can only be experienced or inflicted, and when we give Pleasure to our Lovers or bestow Charity upon the Needy, we do so, not to gratify the object of our Benevolence, but only ourselves. For the Truth is that we are kind for the same reason as we are cruel, in order that we may enhance the sense of our own Power.
What a man knows only through feeling can be explained only through enthusiasm.
If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
If I were to summarize in one sentence the single most important principle I have learned in the field of interpersonal relations, it would be this: Seek first to understand, then to be understood. This principle is the key to effective interpersonal communication.
Friendship is not a gift, but is the result of hard work.
Empathy is the antidote to shame.
I think that if we don't learn to inhabit other people's perspectives, then we're never going to understand why people do what they do.
Compassion is the currency that leads to true wealth.
One must have at least a readiness to love the other person, broadly speaking, if one is to be able to understand him.
Love and compassion benefit both ourselves and others. Through kindness to others, your heart and mind will be peaceful and open.
She had heard it said that, before you could understand anybody, you needed to walk a mile in their shoes, which did not make a whole lot of sense, because probably AFTER you had walked a mile in their shoes, you would understand that they were chasing you and accusing you of the theft of a pair of shoes--although, of course, you could probably outrun them, owing to their lack of footwear.
I think empathy is really important for pleasure.
To live without feeling or exciting sympathy, to be fortunate without adding to the felicity of others, or afflicted without tasting the balm of pity, is a state more gloomy than solitude; it is not retreat, but exclusion from mankind. Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
If the people who hurt us have anger or desperation within them then they suffer. When you see that someone suffers, you might be motivated by a desire to help him not to suffer anymore.
Let's cease thinking of our accomplishments, our wants. Let's try to figure out the other man's good points. Then forget flattery. Give honest, sincere appreciation. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise, and people will cherish your words and treasure them and repeat them over a lifetime - repeat them years after you have forgotten them.
My message is the practice of compassion, love and kindness.
I am not a person of opinions because I feel the counter arguments too strongly.
