When you engage in compassion, and you hear a distressing sound, like someone calling for help, there is an activation in an… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
It was a strange thing, this feeling of empathy. He'd never experienced it before. He realized that what hurt this woman hurt… — Elizabeth Hoyt Copy Share Image
The ability to imagine oneself in another's place and understand the other's feelings, desires, ideas, and actions. The most obvious example, perhaps,… — Sam Vaknin Copy Share Image
Character robotics could plant the seed for robots that actually have empathy. So, if they achieve human level intelligence or, quite possibly,… — David Hanson Copy Share Image
I try to treat every job with the exact same level of respect. When I go into it, it doesn't matter what… — Kaya Scodelario Copy Share Image
Animals are more than ever a test of our character, of mankind's capacity for empathy and for decent, honorable conduct and faithful… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
“To be able to fight pain, you need the empathy of others. Once you start believing that there are other people who… — Saki Kawashiro Copy Share Image
I thought, "Why? and how did we evolve with this weak, and useless passion in tact within the deep heart's core?" And… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
A person of good intelligence and of sensitivity cannot exist in this society very long without having some anger about the inequality… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“I’m so sorry,” he said, because after Pamela died, he promised himself that if anyone told him the smallest, saddest story, he… — Elizabeth McCracken Copy Share Image
In order to get inside their skin, I have to identify with them. That includes even the ones who are complete bastards,… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“There are two types of empathy: the positive empathy and the negative empathy. When we are fully carried away by the unaware… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
“The ethical and philosophical justifications for basic income – social justice, freedom and economic security – have been well established. They are… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
They will tell you that the Americans who sleep in the streets and beg for food got there because they're all lazy… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Some researchers have proposed that experiencing empathy and compassion through the mirror neuron system is equivalent to having compassion for yourself. Thus,… — John B. Arden Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton's unfavorable ratings at an all-time high at 60 percent. That Donald Trump is trusted more than she by the American… — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
Mercy is compassion, kindness, empathy, forgiveness. While grace might be described as blessings and favor from God that we do not necessarily… — Brent L. Top Copy Share Image
American popular culture has long been marked by an absence of empathy for American Indians. Westerns doubled as a campaign against so-called… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
“Any act of writing is an act of empathy: you try to imagine yourself into another person’s mind and skin. I tried… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“But while the patient does bear some responsibility, I believe that the onus falls more heavily on the doctor to be attuned… — Danielle Ofri Copy Share Image
Being a mom makes you far more compassionate. You have more empathy for people, more love. I was always taught to say… — Florence Henderson Copy Share Image
By “empathy,” some people mean everything that is good - compassion, kindness, warmth, love, being a mensch, changing the world - and… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
Leaders who want to show sensitivity should listen often and long and talk short and seldom. Many so-called leaders are too busy… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Our ability to offer empathy can allow us to stay vulnerable, defuse potential violence, help us hear the word 'no' without taking… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“No one's ever sat me down and taught me what empathy is or why it matters more than power or patriotism or… — Zak Ebrahim Copy Share Image
“How does one develop compassion for someone with a completely different set of values without reading something from their point of view?… — Jennifer Steil Copy Share Image
I do have a side as a citizen, and I've always expressed it, and that's where I've gotten into misunderstandings, because some… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
“When we are in constant pain, we cannot empathize with others, nor can we help them. It is only when we allow… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
Too often, wealthy people born on third base blithely criticize the poor for failing to hit home runs. The advantaged sometimes perceive… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
It seems to me that dominant cinema seems to require an empathy or a sympathy between the film and the audience which… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
Never assume you know someone completely unless you have traveled the journey of their heart. Smiles, tears, love, and fears are not… — Tammi Post Copy Share Image
“An empath is capable of taking on the grief of another in order to lessen their suffering. In order to not be… — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
I think I lead with empathy and connection to our people. I find that the most effective leadership style for me is… — Julia Hartz Copy Share Image
If you had a table spread for a feast, and was making merry with your friends, you would think it was kind… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Remember that for someone to be so mean, something must be going on with them. Something must be happening to make them… — Laura Michelle Kelly Copy Share Image
If you take the time to listen to an upset child's story with empathy, and guide the child toward figuring out the… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
My knowledge of myself is direct, synthetic, from within outwards; my knowledge of other persons is indirect, analytical, from outside inwards. My… — Salvador de Madariaga Copy Share Image
Try to see it my way, only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong. While you see it… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening.… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“The alleged 'sensitivity' of neurotic people is matched by their egotism; they cannot abide the flaunting by others of the sufferings to… — Proust Marcel Copy Share Image
