Quotes On Empathy

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally

To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not expressed any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren. I have constantly declared, as I really believed, the only difference between them and us is the difference of circumstances.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

It is not my nature, when I see a people borne down by the weight of their shackles – the oppression of tyranny – to make their life more bitter by heaping upon them greater burdens; but rather would I do all in my power to raise the yoke than to add anything that would tend to crush them.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Caring comes from being able to put yourself in the position of the other person.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

To know your enemy, you must become your enemy.