Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The extraordinary language of Nonviolent Communication is changing how parents relate to children, teachers to students, and how we all related to… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share Image
“For those constantly full of joy, they sometimes feel a little guilty for always feeling so good. That guilt is compassion: it… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Orson Welles was a force of nature, who just came in and wiped the slate clean. And Citizen Kane is the greatest… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
As a caregiver, I always thought I had empathy for Chris's situation, and certainly one family member's disability affects the whole family… — Dana Reeve Copy Share Image
The best way to have empathy for people and the best way to have empathy for our Constitution is to appoint judges… — Wendy Long Copy Share Image
If you put shame in a petri dish, it needs three ingredients to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you put… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger,… — David Simon Copy Share Image
Look at Andrew Roe's The Miracle Girl from one angle and you'll see an incisive and insightful critique of America at the… — Doug Dorst Copy Share Image
Other-oriented feelings congruent with the perceived welfare of another person. — Daniel Batson Copy Share Image
I have empathy for the person who is being interviewed and written about with all kinds of misperceptions and misconceptions and flat-out… — Kathie Lee Gifford Copy Share Image
“I worry that our nation today suffers from a deficit of empathy, and this is especially true of many in positions of… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
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
Most of my fans are too sensitive. I’m a cruel and cold and hard person. I’ve been abused in every way you… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
“one way in which severe sociopaths do have a certain, frightening type of empathy. It is the empathy of the predator. A… — Bandy X Lee Copy Share Image
We live in an epidemic of self-hatred. I see it daily with people coming at me, and they do it to everybody,… — LeAnn Rimes Copy Share Image
“In the end, it doesn’t matter a damn bit. We thought we were special, opening our perceptions, honing our empathy, spilling that… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
An (emotional) vampire goes in for the kill by stirring up your emotions. Pushing your buttons throws you off center, which renders… — Judith Orloff Copy Share Image
“People rarely ventured outside the realm of their own hurts. They believed their own suffering was obvious to all, but might as… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“People who live in big cities are deprieved, consciously or unconsciously, of those almost indefinable things on which our human sensitivity feeds,… — Margot Fonteyn Copy Share Image
If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
As you travel through the Middle East what keeps on striking home to me is how similar everyone is, and yet the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity.… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“To really change the world, we have to help people change the way they see things.” — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
