"If I had really cared as I..." - Quote by C S Lewis
If I had really cared as I thought I did about the sorrows of the world I should not have been so overwhelmed when my own sorrow came- I thought I trusted the rope until it mattered to me whether it would bear me, now it matters and I find I didn't.
More by C S Lewis
“We all agree that forgiveness is a beautiful idea until we have to practice it.”
“Most of all, perhaps, we need an intimate knowledge of the past. Not that the past has anything magical about it, but we cannot study the future.”
“The human mind is generally far more eager to praise or dispraise than it is to describe and define.”
More on Empathy
“I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.”
“The people that I care about are the people out there on the street. I can identify with them.”
“You think the only people who are people, are the people who look and think like you. But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew you never knew.”