sensitivity to others' pain Quotes

Your own pain is involuntary; you feel overwhelmed and have no control. When feeling the pain of others, there is an element of discomfort, but there also is a level of stability because you are voluntarily accepting pain. It gives you a sense of confidence.

Looking at various means of developing compassion, I think empathy is an important factor: the ability to appreciate others' suffering.

She lived for others, her heart tuned to their anguish and their needs.

One's own troubles can be borne with fortitude; only a monster of indifference can bear the sufferings of others with fortitude.

…always felt the pain of her friends so keenly that she could not speak easy, fluent words of comforting. Besides, she remembered how well-meant speeches had hurt her in her own sorrow and was afraid.

There is definitely openness to others' suffering that is dealt not with distress but with compassion.

Identifying pain in others was easy for me. I was drawn to it in some strange perverse way.