Empathy may not be the most productive emotion; but it is required to maintain relationships. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Build bridges of insight through empathy, see the world through the eyes of others, understand the world through their experiences, and feel… — Tim Brown Copy Share Image
We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent. — Abraham Flexner Copy Share Image
The solitude of the poet is the uniqueness of his experience, and the particulaity of his sensitivity and imagination. — Mieczyslaw Jastrun Copy Share Image
I can see how, given a certain degree of sensitivities, proclivities and rage, I could have ended up differently. — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
Writing is an act of empathy. You are occupying and understanding a point of view that might be alien to your own--and… — Benjamin Percy Copy Share Image
None of my clients are criminals, but to a much lighter degree that's what goes on. I hear the story, and I… — Hilary Liftin Copy Share Image
Habit is the denial of creativity and the negation of freedom; a self-imposed straitjacket of which the wearer is unaware. — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
“It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth… — John Joseph Powell 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
In schools all over the world, little boys learn that their country is the greatest in the world, and the highest honor… — Myriam Miedzian Copy Share Image
“But at the bottom of all the gloom, there is a sense that we are responsible for each other -- if not… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“The most powerful thought is a prayerful thought. When I'm praying for you, I am praying for my own peace of mind.… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I'm somewhat of an empath, I would say. I relate easily to ideas and stories, books, films, music. I'm moved by all… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
Our sensitivity to personal guilt is a fundamental trait of our humanness that distinguishes us from animals. To try to suppress the… — John Macarthur Copy Share Image
I flattered myself that I was rather empathetic, that I had rather good imaginative empathy. I've realized now that that was a… — Decca Aitkenhead Copy Share Image
“(In part, quoting Robert Keegan from Harvard):'When we take the risk of really witnessing another human being, when we validate their human… — Ashley Judd Copy Share Image
But love, honest love, requires empathy. It is a sharing—of joy, of pain, of laughter, and of tears. Honest love makes one’s… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I wish I had the talent to paint the way I feel about you, for my words always feel inadequate. I imagine… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Empathy - that is, caring about people and acting responsibly on that care, not just for yourself, but for others - this… — George Lakoff Copy Share Image
Regarding fiction, our concern shouldn't be the author's origin (and of course I am forgetting the sales people right here), because that… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
“If someone with a high level of authority were to ask me, "Suzy, how can we make people so incredibly stupid and… — Suzy Kassem 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
“Impulsive, sensation-seeking, and incapable of experiencing empathy or guilt, a narcissistic psychopath treats other people as objects of need fulfillment and wish… — Bandy X Lee Copy Share Image
“So that’s why I’m such a big fan of storytelling. I think the most important thing is empathy. And it’s less about… — Jeanette Walls Copy Share Image
When you really Love people, you begin to take their pains and hurts personal and treat them like they're your own. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
It's got to do with putting yourself in other people's shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly understand them.… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I think understanding or comprehension is probably the strongest emotion that you feel, or at least some kind of empathy. — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
Leaders with empathy do more than sympathize with people around them: they use their knowledge to improve their companies in subtle, but… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Some public officials are blessed - you can't acquire this, but you are blessed with the gift of empathy, being able to… — Bob Casey, Jr 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
The media, far from being a conspiracy to dull the political sense of the people, could be viewed as a conspiracy to… — David Riesman Copy Share Image
The time of childhood love, empathy and care passes. He is at ease and blissful. But this pleasure gradually decreases with age — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
God gave us shoulders for us to carry on our burdens; but there are those who still find joy by helping other's… — Leonora R Aquino Copy Share Image
My job is to have empathy and curiosity for things that I've never done. Also, I'm a person whom people talk to. — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
I really understand that we have to be sensitive to people's feelings and to their sensitivities, but you also can't be muzzled… — Marti Noxon Copy Share Image
Replace your judgments with empathy, upgrade your complaining to gratitude and trade in your fear for love. — Hal Elrod Copy Share Image
A place is a story, and stories are geography, and empathy is first of all an act of imagination, a storyteller's art,… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
In all people I see myself - none more, and not one a barleycorn less; And the good or bad I say… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“I always wondered what it must be like to lose a twin—if somehow Mary felt it like it was happening to her.… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
