If evil is empathy erosion, and empathy erosion is a form of illness, then evil turns out to be nothing more than… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
Sensitivity isn't being wimpy. It's about being so painfully aware that a flea landing on a dog is like a sonic boom.… — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
“It’s the little hints that they opt to disregard, the small decisions that lack any form of empathy. It’s never in the… — Elelwani Anita Ravhuhali Copy Share Image
“In every sphere of social interaction, that hermeneutic leap—that ability to put yourself in the mind frame of the other—is a virtue… — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
You have to have empathy, knowledge and compassion for your characters if you're a writer. — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
With Tourette's, there's this element of vulnerability and compassion and empathy that you innately possess because of the affliction. — Dash Mihok Copy Share Image
Michigan has always been a swing state, so we understand that the goal is to have two political parties, debating the issues… — Elissa Slotkin Copy Share Image
I need voices of reason and of hysteria and of empathy. I need to have an Alanis moment. I need advice from… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Daumier paints with an enormous capacity for absolute empathy; a complete identification of himself with the figures he paints. He sets forth… — David Sylvester Copy Share Image
As an artist I am attracted by decadence, by those who exhaust their lives in the shallow pursuits of pleasure. Occasionally, I… — Emil Nolde Copy Share Image
We're all born storytellers. It's part of the species. But, more specifically, I suppose a particular combination of sensitivity and trauma made… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
I've always felt you don't have to be completely detached, emotionally uninvolved to make precise observations. There's nothing wrong with feeling great… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I believe that if you can discover something of the truth of a person, then you will start to understand, and to… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
Empathy is the most mysterious transaction that the human soul can have, and its accessible to all of us, but we have… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
Helping survivors of residential schools in Canada is not the same as the UN sending in peacekeepers to prevent the genocide in… — Payam Akhavan Copy Share Image
“CWC (Church Women Concerned) enabled us as women in that part of South Africa, to see ourselves as ordinary citizens who found… — Sindiwe Magona Copy Share Image
“Their analysis revealed that a number of psychopathic attributes were actually more common in business leaders than in so-called disturbed criminals--attributes such… — Kevin Dutton Copy Share Image
“We thought we were special, opening our perceptions, honing our empathy, spilling that cauldron of shared pain onto the dance floor of… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Such lonely, lost things you find on your way. It would be easier, if you were the only one lost. But lost… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“Stoic moral training depends upon the defensibility of these schematic propositions: (a) Rational deliberative power (rational agency) is a defining feature of… — Lawrence C. Becker Copy Share Image
On my recent trip to Israel, I had the opportunity to visit Yad Vashem, Israel's national Holocaust memorial, and reaffirm our collective… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“When I say empathic listening, I mean listening with intent to understand. I mean seeking first to understand, to really understand. It’s… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“Kindness and empathy, my friend, aren't just one-hit wonders. They're the chart-toppers of your legacy, playing in everyone's hearts long after you've… — Life is Positive Copy Share Image
Kylie bit down on her lip. Burnett took a step forward. He squared his shoulders, empathy filling his eyes. He took a… — C.C. Hunter Copy Share Image
She [Hillary Clinton] exudes leadership, confidence and - importantly - empathy, compassion, and understanding. — Chrissy Teigen Copy Share Image
As we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others - what and whom we can work with,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“If we possess narrative sympathy - enabling us to see the world from other's point of view - we cannot kill. If… — Richard Kearney Copy Share Image
I have a great deal of empathy for anyone who's having a hard time. I believe this ability to see another's viewpoint… — Alex Flinn Copy Share Image
“Some people have a thick skin and you don't. Your heart is really open and that is going to cause pain, but… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Accustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the mind of… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Today's each & every human has become purely professional. The thoughts of sensitivity of human have become a redundant things. — Mohd Aariff Khan Copy Share Image
When the artist observes nature... it is as if nature communicated, through the sensitivity of the artist at that moment, one of… — Bruno Munari Copy Share Image
Empathy frequently informs our earliest days with our infants as we try to figure out what they need, how to comfort and… — Katherine Ellison Copy Share Image
“narcissistic personality disorder. This is the one you probably know something about. Its primary characteristics are grandiosity and lack of empathy.” — William Landay Copy Share Image
Difficult situations require compassion, level-headedness & the empathy to see issues from somebody else's perspective. — Ben Parr Copy Share Image
“it was a love and empathy for those who suffered, for what they endured and what he might bring to bear.” — Paul Kalanithi Copy Share Image
I think any time anybody sees the bad guy show emotion and you're not hitting the audience over the head, there's always… — Paul Wesley Copy Share Image
“In the process of becoming conscious beings, we eventually come back around again and again to the ideas of compassion, caring, and… — Amy Leigh Mercree Copy Share Image
“The advice is a call to empathy, the ultimate act of the imagination, and the true ground of all fiction.” — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Our real strength lies in our capacity for empathy with others and the action we take on their behalf. — Senora Roy Copy Share Image