Empathy Is An Endangered Instinct

I have a lot of empathy, and I think that's where mothering starts. You are there to empathise and facilitate.

— Viv Albertine

When you need empathy, you cannot give empathy.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Cinematography speaks to everything that women do inherently well: It's multitasking, it's empathy, and it's channeling visuals into human emotion.

— Rachel Morrison

“God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will remove the…

— Shannon L. Alder

“Understanding breeds empathy.”

— Christopher Paolini

That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we…

— Barack Obama

Making a movie is about following characters and embarking on an adventure with them, seeing their reactions, and seeing what they do, having empathy…

— Franck Khalfoun

“A novel is not an allegory...it is a sensual experience of another world. If you don't enter that world, hold your breath with the…

— Azar Nafisi

Empathic listening takes time, but it doesn't take anywhere near as much time as it takes to back up and correct misunderstandings when you're…

— Stephen Covey

I try to treat every job with the exact same level of respect. When I go into it, it doesn't matter what the budget…

— Kaya Scodelario

“CWC (Church Women Concerned) enabled us as women in that part of South Africa, to see ourselves as ordinary citizens who found themselves in…

— Sindiwe Magona

Ultimately, my character is defined by the quality of my sensitivity to other people. I exist in equilibrium. I am here to the degree…

— Hugh Prather

I began to use my sensitivity. And I realized I wasn't weird because I cried a lot.

— Sherilyn Fenn

“The emotional intelligence model consists of four clusters: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.  ● Self-Awareness is a propensity for self-reflection and thoughtfulness.…

— Chuck Bolton

I need voices of reason and of hysteria and of empathy. I need to have an Alanis moment. I need advice from Elizabeth Bennett.…

— Melina Marchetta