Never underestimate the pain of a person, because in all honesty, everyone is struggling. Some people are just better at hiding it than others. - Will Smith
I think empathy is really important, and I think only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our full potential. - Jane Goodall
To me, cruelty is the worst of human sins. Once we accept that a living creature has feelings and suffers pain, then by knowingly and deliberately inflicting suffering on that creature, we are guilty, whether it be human or animal. - Jane Goodall
And if we dare to look into those eyes, then we shall feel their suffering in our hearts. More and more people have seen that appeal and felt it in their hearts. All around the world there is an awakening of understanding and compassion, and understanding that reaches out to help the suffering animals in their vanishing homelands. That embraces hungry, sick, and desperate human beings, people who are starving while the fortunate among us have so much more than we need. And if, one by one, we help them, the hurting animals, the desperate humans, then together we shall alleviate so much of the hunger, fear, and pain in the world. Together we can bring change to the world, gradually replacing fear and hatred with compassion and love. Love for all living beings. - Jane Goodall
When a person responds to the joys and sorrows of others as though they were his own, he or she has attained the highest spiritual union.
The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.
I certainly know I have been blessed with much more empathy than I ever knew I would feel for other people. - Uma Thurman
I want to walk into a room, be it a hospital for the dying or a hospital for the sick children, and feel that I am needed. I want to do, not just to be. - Diana, Princess of Wales
My first thoughts are that I should not let people down, that I should support them and love them. - Diana, Princess of Wales
Stop judging and questioning someone's intention. So much goodwill is lost when we do that. Instead, be honest and try to empathise with people. Always think good thoughts and follow through with good actions. It makes for a much more pleasant life all round!
