If you aren't humble, whatever empathy you claim is false and probably results from some arrogance or the desire to control. But true empathy is rooted in humility and the understanding that there are many people with as much to contribute in life as you.
Only God knows hearts, and so only He can say, in truth, “I know how you feel.”
You don't have to act as if you care; you just have to care enough to act.
We all suffer alone in the real world; true empathy's impossible.
There's a lot of pretense out there. It can be exhausting. When people see something genuine, even if it's something as simple as two people actually being friends, actually enjoying what they're doing, or actually standing up for each other, that translates in a big way.
We cannot settle for the pretenses of connection, or for the parodies of self-love.
The learned person who only talks will never Penetrate to the inner heart of humans.
A demonstration of sincere concern can be a strong building block of love.
Nothing is rarer than true good nature; they who are reputed to have it are generally only pliant or weak.
Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate.
Care like hell! Sit around the bars and drink, and pose, and pretend, all you want to, but in reality, deep down underneath, care like hell.
