Novels attempt to render human experience; that's really all they are. They are meant to convey empathy for the character. — Sue Monk Kidd 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
Do not confuse peace of mind with spaced-out insensitivity. A truly peaceful mind is very sensitive, very aware. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Instead of catching ourselves after we first felt angry, we develop a visceral sensitivity to what's happening within us in the moment… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
People who have been in your shoes empathize with you, while people who haven't been in your shoes sympathize with you. — Jayden Hayes Copy Share Image
I felt the kind of desperation, I think, that cancels the possibility of empathy...that makes you unkind. — Sue Miller Copy Share Image
To perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the emotional components and meanings which pertain thereto as… — Carl Rogers Copy Share Image
A prerequisite to empathy is simply paying attention to the person in pain. — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
When gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals come out, their friends and families, for the most part, understand what it feels like to… — Sarah McBride 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
A more courageous empathy is needed in our country to see the struggles of people from factory towns to farm towns to… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
Our minds are all different and I believe cultivating a keen introspective sensitivity is absolutely essential in discovering our potential. — Joshua Waitzkin Copy Share Image
“Most of us care about one another. Human beings have considerably more in common with one another than they do differences. One’s… — Jon Huntsman 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
It’s like when you’re excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so happy for them.… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
What we think of as our sensitivity is only the higher evolution of terror in a poor dumb beast. We suffer for… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
We all suffer alone in the real world. True empathy's impossible. But if a piece of fiction can alow us imaginatively to… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
The toxic residue of humanity - you have to guard yourself, guard that sensitivity even more heavily because otherwise you can pick… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I'm not sure what gave me empathy for animals, but I do know that I have always loved animals since I was… — Alison Eastwood Copy Share Image
“We weep for the blood of a bird, but not for the blood of a fish. Blessed are those who have voice.” — Mamoru Oshii Copy Share Image
On the one hand, our social nature is our greatest beauty - it means that we have natural empathy and sympathy. But… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
I'm an activist and advocate. I have empathy. It is hard to ignore causes. — Brandon Victor Dixon Copy Share Image
