Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes

Sympathy is a sweet thing.

I find that in the 21st century, there's not a lot of compassion for what other people are going through or the walk that they have to walk.

It doesn't hurt to show some empathy.

The irony is that I'm actually a very empathetic person, but I don't believe in sympathy at all.

If you can understand, you can feel compassion.

Pity is the most pleasant feeling in those who have not much pride and have no prospect of great conquests; for them the easy prey - and that is what all who suffer are - is enchanting.

Compassion is the ability to see how it all is.

Compassion is the fellow-feeling of the unsound.

To have compassion for those who suffer is a human quality which everyone should possess, especially those who have required comfort themselves in the past and have managed to find it in others.

The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, "What are you going through?

In your heart must well that sympathy which soothes away all pains from the hearts of others.

Compassion is an essential element of love.

I have a lot of compassion for human beings in life experiences, so I allow myself to feel what these characters are feeling and don't have a problem accepting that.

We can empathize as deeply as we can empathize.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

Well, I think that if you sincerely try to imagine what life is like for another person - not in a mocking way, not in a satirical way, but in a sincere, compassionate way - I don't think that's exploitive.

How can you expect a man who's warm to understand one who's cold?

The thing that enchants me the most is the ability women have to feel other people's pain. The total empathy that women have is extraordinary.

Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It's the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else's pain is as meaningful as your own.

Although I'm not particularly troubled myself, I do have a lot of empathy for troubled characters.

People aren't very good at other people's pain.

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

I think when you're empathetic, you're putting yourself in somebody else's shoes, right? It's not about you.

I learned the most important thing is to put yourself in the shoes of the players.

Ninety-five percent of the time, I put myself in somebody else's position - that's how I live.