To empathize means to share, to experience the feelings of another person. — Ralph Greenson Copy Share Image
Empathy is like a universal solvent. Any problem immersed in empathy becomes soluble. — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
It is people who go through suffering that have an empathy for the suffering of others. — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Self-empathy in NVC means checking in with your own feelings and needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“Too many people don’t care what happens so long as it doesn’t happen to them.” — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
Look what scares you in the face and try to understand it. Empathy is revolutionary. — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger,… — David Simon Copy Share Image
I believe more follies are committed out of complaisance to the world, than in following our own inclinations. — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
“One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient.” — Charles M. Blow Copy Share Image
“It is not the perceived power of money and fame that will change the course of events in one's life, but empathy.” — Trever Hagen Copy Share Image
“Empaths did not come into this world to be victims, we came to be warriors. Be brave. Stay strong. We need all… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
“The day you find out who you are is when you look back and realize that it was never the words, rather… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
A citizen of the world in the fullest sense - one whose vision and culture gave him a deep empathy with fellow… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Democracy is based upon empathy and the recognition that some decisions are solely for the community's benefit without regard to one's own… — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
Who taught me that animals were put on this Earth for food? Who taught me to disrespect animals and view them as… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
Men of the most robust make, observe that in looking upon sore eyes they often feel a very sensible soreness in their… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
“The ability to reason is what gives us our capacity to have empathy for others, to value life itself. Our ability to… — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
No one...can live in this heightened state of reflective receptivity forever. Because this empathy's involuntary, there's terror here. Loss of control, a… — Chris Kraus Copy Share Image
The root of compassion is not empathy; that is kindness. Kindness is great, but it is not the ultimate compassion. Ultimate compassion… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
For there is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels with someone,… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Shame derives its power from being unspeakable...If we speak shame, it begins to wither. Just the way exposure to light was deadly… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Of course genes can’t pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
When you start getting into your politics it's like you have to be vulnerable and you have to be sort of sensitive.… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Satisfied needs do not motivate. It’s only the unsatisfied need that motivates. Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“Half of the time, the Holy Ghost tries to warn us about certain people that come into our life. The other half… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Ever since she was a young girl, [Patricia Highsmith] had felt an extraordinary empathy for animals, particularly cats. The creatures, she said,… — Andrew Wilson Copy Share Image
“Loss of empathy might well be the most enduring and deep-cutting scar of all, the silent blade of an unseen enemy, tearing… — r.a. salvatore Copy Share Image
“By the time children are in their teens, two new skills are added to this repertoire. One is the ability to manage… — Elizabeth M. Ellis Copy Share Image
“It’s important that what thoughts you are feeding into your mind because your thoughts create your belief and experiences. You have positive… — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
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