Empathy Quotes · Page 26

For a gay chap, Elton John writes some of the most amazing lyrics about heterosexual love.

— Cailleach Bheur

My own feeling is we need more compassion, we need more empathy, we need more togetherness, in terms of working together.

— Cindy McCain

Before you judge someones feelings, think about how you would feel if you were in their position...then maybe you can see why…

— Anonymous

I have a high degree of sensitivity, always have. I was very shy as a child. I don't know why that was.

— Nick Nolte

I hope to leave my children a sense of empathy and pity and a will to right social wrongs

— Anita Roddick

I felt great empathy for the thousands of Americans who lost their home because of a system that failed them.

— Steve Mnuchin

When scoring a film, empathy is the key. And it is just as important to use music to express the actors' emotions…

— RZA

The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.

— Oprah Winfrey

If someone's performance is down we do not say, 'Hey pick up your things here.' We do not yell and scream at…

— Simon Sinek

“Grief ate at these doctors, distracting them from both their families and their patients. Many reported withdrawing from emotional involvement with their…

— Danielle Ofri

Having pets can teach us a lot of things. For kids, they are often their first lesson in responsibility, and being responsible…

— Cesar Millan

“[M]y sensitivity was unfortunately even more monstrous than my grotesqueness. Yes, my grotesqueness; I possess the courage to judge myself without pity,…

— Igino Ugo Tarchetti

People are starting to understand the other side's perspective and that's where empathy can sort of begin - once you quit judging…

— Sterling K. Brown

So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants…

— Anonymous

I've noticed that about your people, Doctor. You find it easier to understand the death of one than the death of a…

— Leonard Nimoy

All people share the same desire to be treated equally. We all go through similar emotional journeys from love to hate, rejection…

— Dana Tai Soon Burgess

“They say that animals are incapable of feelings and reasoning. This is false. No living thing on earth is void of either.…

— Suzy Kassem

To the extent that we hyper-separate ourselves from nature and reduce it conceptually in order to justify domination, we not only lose…

— Val Plumwood

People with antisocial personality disorders aren't automatically bad - they simply approach the world with a more ruthless set of lenses. The…

— Eden Robinson

“Forget what hurt you in the past, but never forget what it taught you. However, if it taught you to hold onto…

— Shannon L. Alder

“You know how the story ends. He escaped and went on to become the greatest chief Suntown ever had. He never built…

— Nnedi Okorafor

A lot of people seem to think that art or photography is about the way things look, or the surface of things.…

— Nan Goldin

“Couples who regularly practice empathy see stunning results. It is the independent variable that predicts a successful marriage, according to behaviorist John…

— John Medina

Writing itself, if not misunderstood and abused, becomes a way of empowering the writing self. It converts anger and disappointment into deliberate…

— Ted Solotaroff

Such has often been my apathy, when objects long sought, and earnestly desired, were placed within my reach.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

Despair is despair, sorrow is sorrow, death is death. It's not about who is experiencing it; it's about building a bridge of…

— Okieriete Onaodowan

I want us to organize, to tell the personal stories that create empathy, which is the most revolutionary emotion.

— Gloria Steinem

We have become a society that lacks empathy. Are we teaching empathy? The Internet desensitises, too.

— Jo Frost

Looking at various means of developing compassion, I think empathy is an important factor: the ability to appreciate others' suffering.

— Dalai Lama

“Empaths who feel like old souls that have lived for many lifetimes are known as Indigo Children.”

— Aletheia Luna

“...I was one of the haves, and one of the secrets of being a have is not wasting your time on empathy.”

— Peter S. Beagle

“We’re so used to thinking that vitality lies in displays of power, but in truth our tenderness and basic sensitivity possess a…

— Brooks Palmer

Your empathy for other mothers is such a natural instinct and it's such a beautiful thing that we all connect, and we…

— Salma Hayek

Although emotionally delicate and eminently bruisable, teenagers are short on empathy. That comes later in life, if it comes at all.

— Stephen King

Wisdom would dictate that a sense of proportion, empathy and balance should drive how the Workers' Party approaches Singapore politics.

— Pritam Singh

Time and again, people transcend the paralyzing effects of psychological pain when they have sufficient contact with someone who can hear them…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Love is that enviable state that knows no envy or vanity, only empathy and a longing to be greater than oneself…

— Anonymous

Books by women, people of color, LGBTQ authors, differently abled people, and non-Americans are a great way of broadening horizons and building…

— Celeste Ng

The thing that enchants me the most is the ability women have to feel other people's pain. The total empathy that women…

— Ashton Kutcher

I really like feeling connected to people and feeling like I have a good, solid sense of empathy.

— Aimee Bender