“It is not accidental that the most unsympathetic characters in Austen's novels are those who are incapable of genuine dialogue with others.… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“any community or family discussion, those who are the first to introduce concern for empathy feel powerless, and are trying to use… — Edwin H Friedman Copy Share Image
“She had been defeated by herself alone, and the sadness of it left a dark shadow in her heart. It further sapped… — Yo Yo Copy Share Image
“Empathy, the Greeks believed, was a source of strength, not softness; the more you recognized yourself in others and connected with their… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
I want us to organize, to tell the personal stories that create empathy, which is the most revolutionary emotion. The truth of… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
If the only people we are able to extend empathy to are those who are like us, who come from the same… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
Humanity is not without answers or solutions regarding how to liberate itself from scenarios that invariably end with mass exterminations. Tools such… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
The difference between deafness and any other disability is that there is no way to put yourself in a position of knowing… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
What I learned is, we have to listen to each other, even when we don't agree, even when we think we hate… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
“There are times we will miss the opportunity to be empathic. Mental health professionals often call these “empathic failures.” There are also… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Teach her to question men who can have empathy for women only if they see them as relational rather than as individual… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
Like musicians who can read and write complicated scores in a world without sounds, for us mathematics is a source of delight,… — Gil Kalai Copy Share Image
“Women partners of men with Asperger's Syndrome have mentioned qualities such as quiet, kind, strong, and attentive as what attracted them to… — Chantal Sicile-Kira Copy Share Image
“The third facilitative aspect of the relationship is empathic understanding. This means that the therapist senses accurately the feelings and personal meanings… — Carl R. Rogers Copy Share Image
“Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is… — Andrew Boyd Copy Share Image
People with lower incomes tend to give a greater percentage of their incomes to help others and show greater empathy and compassion… — Kavita Ramdas Copy Share Image
“ She sketched the figure of a dancing nymph, capturing the rhythmic flow of her movements with precise detail. This one would… — Farrah Rochon Copy Share Image
Despite how difficult and hopeless it was at times, my experiences have shaped me for the better in many ways. It ultimately… — Gianna Simone Copy Share Image
We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Wolf Boy is absolutely beguiling. Evan Kuhlman has boundless empathy for all his characters, and his wonderful protagonist Stephen is, in turn,… — Valerie Sayers Copy Share Image
And let me say this as a politician I can promise you this, political leaders will never take risks if the people… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“We all need to be more empathetic towards other people. It is not 'cool' to laugh at the shape of their body,… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing; it is almost a miracle; it… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
I have empathy for the person who is being interviewed and written about with all kinds of misperceptions and misconceptions and flat-out… — Kathie Lee Gifford Copy Share Image
I never liked the atmosphere of Washington . I early saw that it was impossible to build up a race of which… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
An (emotional) vampire goes in for the kill by stirring up your emotions. Pushing your buttons throws you off center, which renders… — Judith Orloff Copy Share Image
“But I realized that not only did I need to keep tuning my skills as a doctor, I also had to figure… — Danielle Ofri Copy Share Image
We don't want to blame the victim. The civil rights movement had a profound effect on the United States and on the… — Jerome Kagan Copy Share Image
NVC enhances inner communication by helping us translate negative internal messages into feelings and needs. Our ability to distinguish our own feelings… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
We shall listen, not lecture; learn, not threaten. We will enhance our safety by earning the respect of others and showing respect… — Theodore C. Sorensen Copy Share Image
“Being empathic is so much a part of everyday discourse—popular singers warble platitudes about being in the other’s skin, walking in the… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
There's a certain amount of empathy you need to have, and I've also never been one to call it in. I know… — Kim Basinger Copy Share Image
The youngest children have a great capacity for empathy and altruism. There's a recent study that shows even 14-month-olds will climb across… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
Perspective should be learned - and then forgotten. The residue - a sensitivity to perspective - helps perception, varying with each individual… — Nathan Goldstein Copy Share Image
To embrace suffering culminates in greater empathy, the capacity to feel what it is like for the other to suffer, which is… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
Rather than seeing dreams as containing hidden messages, see dreams as experiences of empathy. Then use empathy with the dream to reconnect… — Henry Reed Copy Share Image
The most important thing in comedy - apart from empathy, which I think is important even if disguised - is surprise. I… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
“Maybe your empathy's just a comforting lie, you ever think of that? Maybe you think you know how the other person feels… — Peter Watts Copy Share Image
I'm not alone in having obese people in my circle and in my family. I have loved morbidly obese people, and I… — Lori Lansens Copy Share Image
