Empathy refers specifically not just to compassion for others (though it certainly includes that) but to a specific aspect of that compassion: the process of seeking to understand a person through imagination.from “Moore To The Point”
A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It is a weak nation, like a weak person, than must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of...
You're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on that score. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of...
Christianity should sound like, "my beliefs cause me to see profound value in every single person," not "each person's value is measured by how closely they align with my personal beliefs."
A person should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human...
When we love a person, we accept him or her exactly as is: the lovely with the unlovely, the strong with the fearful, the true mixed in with the façade, and of course, the only way we can do it is by accepting ourselves that way.
It's no use to going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. from Alice in Wonderland
Children are not a class or kind, they are a heterogeneous collection of immature persons, varying, as persons do, in their reach, and in their ability to extend it when stimulated. As soon as you limit your vocabulary to what you suppose to be within their reach, you...
Humility is taking time to form an opinion in a reactionary world. Humility is being committed to discovering nuance and complexity even when everyone else is dealing in absolutes. Humility is refusing to reduce another person's humanity simply because you disagree...
An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life--becoming a better person. -----------------------------------------------------------------Gender-inclusive version: An arrogant person...