Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In my opinion, being an effective leader requires being an effective listener. The most productive leaders are usually those who are consistently… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
You definitely put a bit of yourself in every character, and you always have to have an understanding and empathy for the… — Mia Wasikowska Copy Share Image
In terms of essays, I would say Oliver Sacks. His breadth of hard knowledge and imagination and empathy seems to constitute the… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
The company of certain people may excite our generosity and sensitivity, while that of others awakens our competitiveness and envy. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Did you ever notice how difficult it is to argue with someone who is not obsessed with being right? — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
The arts bridge cultures; they're good for the economy, and they're good for fostering empathy and decency. — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
“Why must you know the details of my troubles to have compassion? Is it not enough to show compassion simply because you… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
I had horrible acne when I was a kid. I felt like a complete and utter ne'er do well and someone who… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
“I believe that a lot of the sociopath’s traits such as charm, manipulation, lying, promiscuity, chameleonism, mask wearing, and lack of empathy… — M.E. Thomas Copy Share Image
What evidence is there that we've adequately empathized with the other person? First, when an individual realizes that everything going on within… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“The essence of having faith in what Jesus had faith in and being a Jesus Follower is to engage in a very… — Robert S. McElvaine Copy Share Image
“People don’t change because being accepted always precedes change. Like any software, their brain can’t invert this process. But this program was… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
“In the end, the goal isn’t to convert or deconvert but to coexist. Evidence is a tool, not a weapon. It can… — Steve Ghikadis Copy Share Image
One of the big areas I'd like to see a lot more research done on is the sensory problems, and it's real… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Always be considerate of people's feelings, sometimes there are reasons why a person does and says the things they do. Before you… — Rashida Rowe Copy Share Image
“NON-EMPATHS naturally put themselves first. They experience themselves in vivid color, brighter and more interesting than everyone else. Granted, a non-empath will… — Rose Rosetree Copy Share Image
“The description of Huck’s father grabbed my full attention, and I glanced up at the book in my teacher’s hand as if… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“It is up to each one of us to immunize ourselves from any disabling bolts of anger and defend ourselves from the… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A writer is like a tuning fork: We respond when we’re struck by something. The thing is to pay attention, to be… — Roxana Robinson 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
“The primary culprit is assumed to be peer rejection: shunning, exclusion, shaming, taunting, mocking, bullying. The conclusion reached by some experts is… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
Suffering should not define you as a woman! And just because you’re a man it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t affect you!… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
“Should I, too, prefer the title of 'non-Jewish Jew'? For some time, I would have identified myself strongly with the attitude expressed… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Anyone can see your tears, but only few special people can understand what it really means. — Ahmed Shahyn Copy Share Image
Who is omnipotent or wise enough to decide each new standard of good taste? Or sensitivity? — Cary Grant Copy Share Image
Can we all just chill for a while and show empathy towards one another? I don't know, maybe I'm too much of… — Lux Pascal Copy Share Image
It's dangerous to think of yourself as a hero and someone else as a villain. It gets in the way of empathy. — Megan Ganz Copy Share Image
My wife has been my greatest earthly inspiration. She excels in eloquence, the poetry of words, empathy and graciousness. — George W. Romney Copy Share Image
“when our words are infused with our real feelings of empathy that they speak directly to a child’s heart.” — Adele Faber Copy Share Image
My powers of empathy, my ability to reach into another's heart, cannot penetrate the blank stares of those who would murder innocents… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Blessed are those with cracks in their broken heart because that is how the light gets in.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
What I mean by "empathy" is putting yourself in other people's shoes, feeling what they feel. — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
Happy to articulate the complexity of the emotional conflicts faced, and being human, especially to find understanding. — Molly Johnson Copy Share Image
Posh people blow my mind. Apart from empathy, they're good at everything - true survivalists. — Katherine Ryan Copy Share Image
“Some people say ASD is ‘an empathy disorder’. We are unfeeling and uncaring, according to them. But how can they know my… — Kevin Berry Copy Share Image
I try and approach other music with sensitivity. And, if it's music I don't know, I try and work with other people… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss. — Anderson Cooper Copy Share Image
“It is always the gentle ones I fear for the most, those willing to bare their hearts, who grieve for others and… — Tracy Deonn Copy Share Image
“We can only come to terms with our own place in the world by compassionately commiserating with the pang of longing that… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
