A Quote by Megan Phelps-Roper

Empathy is not a betrayal of one's cause. — © Megan Phelps-Roper
Empathy is not a betrayal of one's cause.
Empathy isn’t just listening, it’s asking the questions whose answers need to be listened to. Empathy requires inquiry as much as imagination. Empathy requires knowing you know nothing. Empathy means acknowledging a horizon of context that extends perpetually beyond what you can see.
Empathy is cloaked in our actions - as in, we might be experiencing empathy but not realize it's empathy.
From tender youth we are told by father and teacher that betrayal is the most heinous offence imaginable. But what is betrayal??Betrayal means breaking ranks and breaking off into the unknown. Sabina knew of nothing more magnificent than going off into the unknown.
One thing I am certain of, I do not want to be betrayed, but thats quite hard to say casually, at the beginning of a relationship. It’s not a word people use very often, which confuses me, because there are different kinds of infidelity, but betrayal is betrayal wherever you find it. By betrayal, I mean promising to be on your side, and then being on somebody else’s.
Trust is not established in the absence of betrayal, but in those whose betrayal is least.
No one ever really pays for betrayal in silver....The price of any betrayal always comes due in flesh.
Betrayal of any kind is hard, but betrayal by one's religion is excruciating. It makes you want to rage and weep.
A betrayal in a family is much more devastating than a betrayal among friends, or even lovers.
For me, I always wonder what's worse: an emotional betrayal or a physical betrayal? That's a really tough call.
War in the end is always about betrayal, betrayal of the young by the old, of soldiers by politicians, and of idealists by cynics.
For only when faithfulness turns to betrayal And betrayal into trust Can any human being become part of the truth.
I dispute that 'Closer' is about betrayal. Betrayal is one of the elements.
I'm determined to disagree with people without being disagreeable. That's part of the empathy. Empathy doesn't just extend to cute little kids. You have to have empathy when you're talking to some guy who doesn't like black people.
One should rather die than be betrayed. There is no deceit in death. It delivers precisely what it has promised. Betrayal, though ... betrayal is the willful slaughter of hope.
Plays can create empathy. If you put a Muslim character on stage, and make him a full character, you're making it possible for the audience to feel empathy, and a little empathy on both sides would help.
We've all gone through some kind of betrayal, whether it's with a boyfriend or a friend or a family member. That's why this is so relatable to everybody because we all know what it feels like to feel that betrayal.
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