“Sympathy is imagining the pain. Empathy is having suffered through it first.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Empathizing with someone's 'no' protects us from taking it personally. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Pain shared is pain lessened; joy shared is joy increased. Thus do we refute entropy. — Spider Robinson Copy Share Image
Yes, last year in interviewing. Empathy is when you repeat the last three words the patient says and nod your head. — Samuel Shem Copy Share Image
Of all the arts, movies are the most powerful aid to empathy, and good ones make us into better people. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I do have a bit of empathy I suppose, but it has come more recently as I'm knocking on 30's door and… — Spencer Matthews Copy Share Image
You need to indoctrinate empathy out of people in order to arrive at extreme capitalist positions. — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
“The most powerful form of nondefensive listening, of course, is empathy: actually hearing the feelings behind what is being said.” — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
That person is most cultivated who is able to put himself in the place of the greatest number of other persons. — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
Don't just ignore the effort of a person who tries to keep in touch. People get tired. It's not all times that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There were some advantages to being a woman photographer. I think women have more empathy with the subject. — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
“she also knew that the sadness she felt while pregnant, for strangers, for the entire world, did not feel like hormones so… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
What he has in addition is pure empathy and projection,” Dr. Bloom said. “He can assume your point of view, or mine… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
The phrase 'misuse of privilege' is becoming a free pass to tear apart pretty much anybody we choose to. It's becoming a… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
“I realized that it is these two things that staying with regrets offers: It can become the seed of compassion and empathy… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
All leaders, male or female, innately possess feminine qualities like empathy, candor and vulnerability - the difference lies in which leaders choose… — John Gerzema Copy Share Image
“Empathy comes from the Greek empatheia - em (into) and pathos (feeling) - a penetration, a kind of travel. It suggests you… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
“One of the major reasons why empaths and narcissists are attracted to each other is because of the empaths desire to help… — Aletheia Luna Copy Share Image
The main tenet of design thinking is empathy for the people you're trying to design for. Leadership is exactly the same thing… — David M. Kelley Copy Share Image
One of the tools I like a lot is the Just Like Me practice. It's one of the empathy practices where we… — Mark Coleman Copy Share Image
“When Vivian describes how it felt to be at the mercy of strangers, Molly nods. She knows full well what it’s like… — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
The age of warrior kings and of warrior presidents has passed. The nuclear age calls for a different kind of leadership… a… — J. William Fulbright 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
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
“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
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
