In order to be a good emergency contact, you need a lot of friend-patience and empathy. Often, this comes from personal experience… — Mary H.K. Choi Copy Share Image
One of the benefits of aligning yourself with an indistinct cluster of people is that claiming to feel their pain is often… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
To me, a political song is also a personal song. Most political activism has been driven by empathy for other people and… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Books by women, people of color, LGBTQ authors, differently abled people, and non-Americans are a great way of broadening horizons and building… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Measuring success in cultural diplomacy - the use of education, creative expression in any form, or people-to-people exchange to increase understanding across… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
“Humans pursuing deep, complete connections respond to quite different incentives from those that influence self-interested utility maximizers. Rewards, monitoring, and punishments are… — Anne-Marie Slaughter Copy Share Image
“Walk with me for a while, my friend—you in my shoes, I in yours—and then let us talk.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“He'd always known that shit rolled downhill, but he never knew tears did the same thing.” — Amy Lane Copy Share Image
“Poetry has a unique ability to distill complex emotions into a few lines, creating a powerful impact that lingers in the hearts… — LaTesha Monique Copy Share Image
“Kindness and empathy, my friend, aren't just one-hit wonders. They're the chart-toppers of your legacy, playing in everyone's hearts long after you've… — Life is Positive Copy Share Image
For us what we're trying to do is find the right balance of creating a space for emotion that leads to a… — Lydia Polgreen 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
It is not reason that gives us our moral orientation, it is sensitivity. — Maurice Barres Copy Share Image
“Continually swimming in an endless sea of sensation can at times be exhausting, regardless if it’s beautifully terrible or terribly beautiful, and… — Daphne Rose Kingma Copy Share Image
Everybody wants a robot that will do psychotherapy. But If you don't have empathy, you don't have psychotherapy. The robot doesn't know… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
Empathy and fellow feeling form the very basis of morality. The capacities for empathy, for feeling responsibility toward others and for reaching… — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
If we accept ourselves as animals, and have empathy and tolerance, compassion to others, understand that humans are territorial, aggressive and have… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
Among all the creatures of creation, the gods favor us: We are the only ones who can empathize with their problems. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've gained first hand knowledge of the challenges faced by people with disabilities. It's made me understand that those of us who… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
