My Favorite Quotes

"Hate is baggage. Life’s too short to be pissed off all the time. It’s just not worth it."

- American History X


“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory will swell when again touched as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature.”

-Abraham Lincoln

Sympathy v/s Empathy- Lecture Response

Many people know the meaning on sympathy but very few know what empathy means. Some people believe that the two are synonyms. Even though the two are acts of feeling, the definitions are something very different.

Sympathy
  • When someone is sympathetic for a person he/she is feeling pity or sorry for the person. The person feeling sympathetic does not know how the other person is really feeling but is just showing support. Sometimes people are left with no other choice but to feel sympathetic because they really can’t understand the plight or predicament of someone else.
Empathy
  • Empathy is when one feels sadness WITH the person to an extent you are placing yourself in that person’s place. It may be impossible to be fully empathetic for someone since each individual's reactions, thoughts and feelings to tragedy are different. Yet the idea of empathy implies a much more active process. Instead of feeling sorry for, you’re sorry with the person and have put yourself in their shoes to feel their pain.
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