empathetic mindset Quotes

Live for yourself and you will live in vain; Live for others, and you will live again.

Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others...By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.

I start every day by wanting more for others than I do for myself. I think that is how God works, and that is how I think we have to work.

I don't believe in religion. I believe the example of Christ. I believe in the example of a perfect human being that if you can live for other people away from yourself you will be happy. If you live for yourself you will be unhappy and then you will not be able to sleep or do anything else... finally. I think insofar, and I really believe this, insofar as people do live with the other fellow [God] in mind, they have to be happy you know? Because it raises you up.

Giving up attachment to the world does not mean that you set yourself apart from it. Generating a desire for others to be happy increases your humanity. As you become less attached to the world, you become more humane. As the very purpose of spiritual practice is to help others, you must remain in society.

I no longer criticize anyone--not even myself. I only give out positive vibes.

A satyagrahi loves his so-called enemy even as he loves his friend. He has no enemy.

It's not about you. It's about them.

When we care for others our own strength to live increases. When we help people expand their state of life, our lives also expand. Actions to benefit others are not separate from actions to benefit oneself. Our lives and the lives of others are ultimately inseparable.

Leaders need to cultivate two things: a righteous heart and a rhinoceros skin.

If you shift your focus from oneself to others, and think more about others' well-being and welfare, it has an immediate liberating effect.

Action for Happiness encourages each of us to live more compassionately and put the happiness of others at the centre of our lives. This is the path to lasting peace and happiness

It took cancer to realize that being self-centered is not the way to live. The answer is to try and help others.

Reforming the social structures which perpetuate poverty and the exclusion of the poor first requires a conversion of mind and heart.

A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed.

If you shift your focus from yourself to others, extend your concern to others, and cultivate the thought of caring for the well being of others, then this will have the immediate effect of opening up your life and helping you to reach out.

Let us often think of our own infirmities, and we shall become indulgent toward those of others.

The habit of being uniformly considerate toward others will bring to you increased happiness.

Every morning when I wake up, I dedicate myself to helping others to find peace of mind. Then, when I meet people, I think of them as long term friends; I don't regard others as strangers.

Develop a benovolent world view;look for the good in the people and circumstances around you.

I guess if your heart's in the right place, the trash can go anywhere.

Difficult situations require compassion, level-headedness & the empathy to see issues from somebody else's perspective.

Look upon the errors of others in sorrow, not in anger.

We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane.

In a nutshell, when life is pleasant, think of others. When life is a burden, think of others.