“Empathy feels these thoughts; your hurt is in my heart, your loss is in my prayers, your sorrow is in my soul, and your tears are in my eyes.” FeelsHeartSoulEyeHurtPrayerLossTearsMy HeartSorrowEmpathyMy SoulYour Loss Author:William Arthur Ward
“Human empathy, while not found on any chart of human anatomy, is the reason we instinctively hurt for our children... it is the reason that one human being's intensely personal tests and triumphs can be harnessed to the good of countless others.” HumansChildrenReasonFoundHurtHuman BeingsEmpathyTestsOur ChildrenTriumphAnatomy Book:The 7: Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life Source: The 7: Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life
“Things would hurt me in a big way because I didn't seem to have a very thick layer of skin, but this also meant I had extreme empathy for other people. I think perhaps that's what makes my songs hit home for some people, because I've tried to see the world through their eyes and I recognise- even just for a second- that we all ultimately are struggling with the same things.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayHomeBigsSeemsEyeSongHurtStruggleEmpathySkinsExtremesThickLayersRecogniseHurt Me Author:Missy Higgins
“That this is the source of our fellow-feeling for the misery of others, that it is by changing places in fancy with the sufferer, that we come either to conceive or to be affected by what he feels, may be demonstrated by many obvious observations, if it should not be thought sufficiently evident of itself. When we see a stroke aimed and just ready to fall upon the leg or arm of another person, we naturally shrink and draw back our own leg or our own arm; and when it does fall, we feel it in some measure, and are hurt by it as well as the sufferer.” IfsFeelsShouldWellsMayPersonsDoeFeelingsFallHurtReadySourceArmsEmpathyDrawsFellowsMiseryObviousLegsObservationFancyAffectedStrokesEvidentShrinksSufferersFellow Feeling Book:The Essays on Philosophical Subjects: the Great Master Source: The Essays on Philosophical Subjects: the Great Master
“I find that the monsters are usually the people that I have the most empathy for because they're the ones that are hurt the most. There's a reason why they're the monsters.” PeopleReasonHurtEmpathyMonstersReason Why Author:Jessica Chastain
“We often think that "bad" relationships are motivating by self-loathing or a wish for self-destruction, but I think that loving people who hurt us is more tied to a profound and earnest wish to soothe ourselves and recover from older hurts. And I've also found that having empathy for that urge is the best way to move through it, and beyond it.” PeopleThinkingWaySelfMovingFoundWishHurtEmpathyDestructionProfoundBest WayUrgesTiedEarnestLoathingSelf DestructionSelf LoathingBad Relationship Author:Melissa Febos