You should not judge; you should understand.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

Goodness can be found sometimes in the middle of hell.

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others

Empathy means understanding others on their own terms and bringing them into the orbit of one’s own experience.

A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim.

Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another.

All great achievements require time.

Empathy works so well because it doesn’t require a solution. It requires only understanding.

I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.

Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.

Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age.

Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing.

I created myself. I have taught myself so much.

You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.

I’m not a writer who teaches. I’m a teacher who writes.