“If we are genuinely concerned about engaging young people, particularly those that are vulnerable or at risk, we must listen to them… — Libby Brooks Copy Share Image
I believe more follies are committed out of complaisance to the world, than in following our own inclinations. — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
“It is not the perceived power of money and fame that will change the course of events in one's life, but empathy.” — Trever Hagen Copy Share Image
“One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient.” — Charles M. Blow 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
I think the sensitivity that you need to create certain things sometimes would spill over into things that shouldn't have bothered me. — Jack White Copy Share Image
Don't be quick to judge, sometimes it pays to read between the lines. That's where the hurt, pain, broken hearts, loneliness and… — Steve Bertie Copy Share Image
“there’s something to be said for getting out and meeting people. It breeds empathy and is good for the soul.” — L.H. Thomson Copy Share Image
That balance between involvement and detachment is what novelists do. It's the ideal relationship between a novelist and a character, I think,… — Pat Barker Copy Share Image
A unique relationship develops among team members who enter into dialogue regularly. They develop a deep trust that cannot help but carry… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
Close both eyes see with the other one. Then we are no longer saddled by the burden of our persistent judgments our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The novelist defines the story with the following example: If you are told that the king died and then the queen died,… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Once we are able to combine a feeling of empathy for others with a profound understanding of the suffering they experience, we… — His Holiness the Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I'm really interested in the pleasure we get from stories and the pleasure we get from movies, and certainly the pleasure we… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
“We thought we were special, opening our perceptions, honing our empathy, spilling that cauldron of shared pain onto the dance floor of… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Universal basic income is not a solution in search of a problem - it is the obvious solution that has been in… — Andrew Yang Copy Share Image
A lot of people seem to think that art or photography is about the way things look, or the surface of things.… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
“Couples who regularly practice empathy see stunning results. It is the independent variable that predicts a successful marriage, according to behaviorist John… — John Medina Copy Share Image
I don't need to praise anything so justly famous as Frost's observation of and empathy with everything in Nature from a hornet… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
Things would hurt me in a big way because I didn't seem to have a very thick layer of skin, but this… — Missy Higgins Copy Share Image
Writing itself, if not misunderstood and abused, becomes a way of empowering the writing self. It converts anger and disappointment into deliberate… — Ted Solotaroff Copy Share Image
You're part of the human fabric of experience. You don't have to have cancer to write about cancer. You don't have to… — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
“We are a package deal, however. Our trait of sensitivity means we will also be cautious, inward, needing extra time alone. Because… — Elaine N. Aron Copy Share Image
“One of the greatest barriers to going back is related to empathy. If our goal is perfection rather than growth, it is… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Words alone don't make a relationship of any kind, put actions of trust, honesty, kindness, empathy, and strength behind them and it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Imagine what Ivanka Trump life has been like? She's been eaten alive by the media. I have empathy for that. — Paula Broadwell Copy Share Image
I hear much of people's calling out to punish the guilty, but very few are concerned to clear the innocent. — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
“Empathy. Carlin always said it was the great value of fiction, to put us inside the minds of strangers.” — Erika Johansen Copy Share Image
I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him... The land of tears is so mysterious. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
The etiquette is higher consciousness, sensitivity, gentleness, gracefulness, intensity, power, and knowledge. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The mathematical challenge of finding the greatest good can expand the heart. Empathy opens the mind to suffering, and math keeps it… — Derek Thompson Copy Share Image
The purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize with other people... For me, the movies… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Empathy in broadest sense refers to the reactions of one individual to the observed experiences of another — Mark H. A. Davis Copy Share Image
Almost all human beings have the capacity for empathy. Everyone has the potential to be at least troubled, or feel genuine anguish,… — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
I realized that there seems to be a general lack of self-love and empathy in our society. — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
But I think that sensitivity is also a good counsellor when it comes to enforcing one's interests. — Johannes Rau Copy Share Image
“Children arrive animists. They learn about life, themselves, and empathy by imagining the liveliness of everything they come into contact with.” — S. Kelley Harrell Copy Share Image
“Ask the person who found you about what kind of people she was looking for before meeting you, as she may not… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
“Empathy heals shame; sympathy exacerbates shame. We don't want people to feel sorry for us; we want people to be with us.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“There are times people need help, there are times they need motivation. Keep your mouth absolutely shut, if you cannot make the… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image