Path Quotes - Page 33

I have a deep sympathy with war; it so apes the gait and bearing of the soul.

You have psychopaths and sociopaths in charge.

In externals we advance with lightening express speed, in modes of thought and sympathy we lumber on in stage-coach fashion.

The state of empathy, or being empathic, is to perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the emotional components and meanings which pertain thereto as if one were the person.

When you are born without the ordinary feelings and emotions shared by most other human beings, life looks different to you. It seems at times like a movie you’re walking through, more a spectator than a participant. There is above all a lack of empathy with most of mankind, a sense of detachment. But with detachment comes perspective. The less you care, the more you know, and the more you know the less you care.

No language on earth speaks as comprehensively as photography, always providing that we follow the chemical and optic and physical path to demonstrable truth, and understand physiognomy.

Those whom God calls to such a ministry - and a call is essential - must be prepared for a pathway of unpopularity and misunderstanding. "You troubler of Israel" was the way Ahab addressed Elijah.

For most Americans the Constitution had become a hazy document, cited like the Bible on ceremonial occasions but forgotten in the daily transactions of life.

Manifest destiny was on the march, and it was unfortunate that Mexico stood in the path.

We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.

There’s an Iago and a Romeo within all of us. There is that lover, and there is that sociopath.

Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path of least resistance by others. Neither can sustain a free society.

Trying to be cool is the easiest path to mediocrity

The Imagination is the golden pathway to everywhere.

As Christians, our compassion is simply a response to the love that God has already shown us.

To follow the path look to the master follow the master walk with the master see through the master become the master.

Ethics and I had crossed paths recently, and I’m not sure that I fell on the right side of the morality line.

May the Great Mystery continue to guide and protect the paths of you and your loved ones.

Once you find someone to share your ups and downs, downs are almost as good as ups.

Indifference towards those in need is not acceptable for a Christian.

If we take the Lord's hand and let ourselves be guided by him, the path we take will be right and good.

Empathy, he once had decided, must be limited to herbivores or anyhow omnivores who could depart from a meat diet. Because,ultimately, the empathic gift blurred the boundaries between hunter and victim, between the successful and the defeated.

The right tools for solving disputes within our community are precision instruments such as reason, communication, empathy, curiosity, and understanding. They are also the right tools for building a global civilization of peace and prosperity.

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.

I saw that I'd get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.