I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.

We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.

Every word we speak calls on 37 muscles and thousands of nerves. It's not surprising that sometimes these nerves and muscles fail us.

My dad died of a heart attack when I was 15. I was bullied mercilessly in middle school. I went through a divorce - those not - so - great things are all a part of me, and they give me a place to go...

I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my mother raised me.

Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.

Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood; all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other.

My mother inspired me to treat others as I would want to be treated regardless of age, race or financial status.

It sounds really cheesy, but I've just really been so focused on making sure that I am nice to everyone that I work with and making the effort to get to know the people on set, whether it's the...

I think what's important is to give space to the range of human experience.

I don't like to say 'dork' and 'nerd' and things like that because I think that everyone is cool in their own right.

Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday.

I am a man I count nothing human foreign to me.

The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good and how he treats people who can't fight back.

A sympathetic friend can be quite dear as a brother.

And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, "I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself?"

The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.

We're all rejected people, we know what it is to be refused, we know what it is to be oppressed, depressed, and then, accused, and I am very much cognizant of that feeling. Nothing in the world is...

Treat others like your life depends on it.. because it does.

I truly believe that people do the best they can.

She might have been born this way, without an empathy gene and other essentials. In that case, she would interpret any kindness as weakness. Among predatory beasts, any display of weakness is an...

Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.

If I had an ear to confide in I would cry among my treasured friends But who do you know that stops that long to help another carry on The world moves fast and it would rather pass you by than to stop...

Like officer Dave. He's never said much about his life, but I can tell he's scarred. And he knows I'm scarred too. The wounded always recognize the wounded. We can smell each other.

I need them to be aware and present with me in the midst of the storm, not just tell me what to do.

"Was Philip Dexter upset?" "He's telephoned the office every day." She was pleased about that. "Who else was upset?" "Everybody. Roosevelt ordered an hour of silence while you were on the table. Like...

The women ranged in age, but they were all old enough to know that in the currency of friendship, empathy is more valuable than accuracy.

Lots of people talk to animals... Not very many listen though... that's the problem.

The world is full of broken people who think they are surrounded by whole people.

I have witnessed how the power of listening, storytelling and embracing gray areas breaks through the rigid 'us vs. them.'