We need empathy to give empathy.

When you need empathy, you cannot give empathy.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

We need empathy to give empathy. When we sense ourselves being defensive or unable to empathize, we need to (a) stop, breathe, give ourselves…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

In empathy, you don't speak at all. You speak with the eyes. You speak with your body. If you say any words at all,…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

We need to receive empathy to give empathy.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

We need to see kindness and we need to see empathy and compassion. That's something we need to see in leadership as well.

— Phil Dunster

“Until you truly let go, until you truly form humility, can you find empathy and in that empathy you find contact and in that…

— Jimmy Nelson

Being connected to other people and learning about their lives exercises the muscle of empathy. Empathy is a key component to our sanity.

— Anonymous

Cancer is a growth hormone for empathy, and empathy makes us useful to each other in ways we were not, could not have been,…

— Kelly Corrigan

“I worry that our nation today suffers from a deficit of empathy, and this is especially true of many in positions of national leadership.…

— Dan Rather

“Ron Carlson says, 'The most undervalued craft device that fiction writers need is empathy. You need to be able to actually imagine what your…

— Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Sometimes, in Silicon Valley, there is this attitude that we know best and we can change the world. The boldness allows us to invent…

— Ro Khanna

We grow up with certain cultural references but we need empathy to understand other people.

— Santhosh Narayanan

We need empathy, we need the eyes that still can weep.

— Lydia Millet

Any man filled with empathy is capable of gaining valuable insights on the human condition through the suffering of others. You do not need…

— Suzy Kassem

My own feeling is we need more compassion, we need more empathy, we need more togetherness, in terms of working together.

— Cindy McCain