“She has no imagination and that means no compassion”

“One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.”

“She would tell you herself that she has a very dreadful cold in her head at present; but I have not much compassion for colds in the head without fever or sore throat.”

“The basis of social skill is the ability to relate to the situation of the ‘other.’ This means that whereas a given strategic actor has interests, he or she must take other people’s interests into account… to imaginatively identify with the states of others.”

“I love Leslie. She's super imaginative and creative and just full of life. And really has fun in everything she does.”

“She means well, but she always manages to do the wrong thing. She has a real talent for it.”

“To love someone out of compassion means not really to love.”

“I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.”

“Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion and the beginning of morality”

“It was SHE. Whoever has loved knows all the radiant meaning contained in the three letters of this word ‘she.”