At a young age, boys learn that to express compassion or empathy is to show weakness. They hear confusing messages that force… — Jennifer Siebel Newsom Copy Share Image
Torture presupposes, it requires, it craves the abrogation of our capacity to imagine others suffering, dehumanizing them so much that their pain… — Ariel Dorfman Copy Share Image
It is not learning we need at all. Individuals need learning but the culture needs something else, the pulse of light on… — Lydia Millet Copy Share Image
“Imagine if suffering were real. Imagine if those old people were afraid of death. What if the midget or the girl with… — Jack Gilbert Copy Share Image
Only an intervention by women around the world, with their innate knowledge of interdependency, deep listening, empathy and self-sacrifice, could possibly alter… — Anohni Copy Share Image
It's - you know, acting's all about relatability and finding empathy for a character, which is essentially, kind of, you're finding empathy… — Anthony Carrigan Copy Share Image
I want to see more families have more compassion, more empathy in understanding that not every family is sitting there intentionally saying,… — Jo Frost Copy Share Image
In drama we are taught to view both sides equally. With empathy. That's how you play 'Richard the Third.' By walking in… — Maureen Lipman 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 counterpoint to sociopathy, the condition of narcissism is particularly interesting and instructive. Narcissism is, in a metaphorical sense, one half… — Martha Stout Copy Share Image
“Why is it deemed justifiable and appropriate for cops/police officers to kill other cops (friendly–fire) and citizens? Why do cops kill? Are… — Obiora Embry Copy Share Image
The world is full of what seem like intractable problems. Often we let that paralyze us. Instead, let is spur you to… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
“An imaginary circle of empathy is drawn by each person. It circumscribes the person at some distance, and corresponds to those things… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
“A human being without the proper empathy or feeling is the same as an android built so as to lack it, either… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“Be warned: If you allow yourself to see dignity in someone, you have doomed yourself to wanting to understand and help whoever… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
I think most people who decide to become a musician have to be prepared for some degree of struggle. It makes the… — Reeve Carney Copy Share Image
Love is never giving up and yet a lot of surrender. Self-care. Truth. Trust. Openness. Growth. Courage. Faith. Collaboration. Compassion. Communication. Affection.… — Claudia Black Copy Share Image
“APD is primarily defined as a lack of empathy," I said. I'd looked it up, too, a few months ago. Empathy is… — Dan Wells Copy Share Image
I realized I had written maybe, I dunno, the first ever asexual love song. Where it's really just about a fear of… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
What people get admired and appreciated for in community are their soft skills: their sense of humor and timing, their ability to… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
That only a few, under any circumstances, protest against the injustice of long-established laws and customs, does not disprove the fact of… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
As an actor, I function from a place of compassion and empathy - you have to believe 100 percent what your character… — Clare Bowen Copy Share Image
If you have this deep feeling of empathy for the natural world, you feel it so profoundly. It's almost a religious experience.… — Alison Hawthorne Deming Copy Share Image
The Internet is allowing for us to really experience people in some of the most distant places in the world - as… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
“The so-called sensitivity of neurotics develops along with their egotism; they cannot bear for other people to flaunt the sufferings with which… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“This is where the will to grapple with our hard and pressing environmental problems begins: in relationship to something other that you… — Susan Freinkel Copy Share Image
Empathetic people are superb at recognizing and meeting the needs of clients, customers, or subordinates. They seem approachable, wanting to hear what… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
I would hesitate to tell people to stop being kind or sympathetic to sociopath. But just like loyalty, some things that can… — Martha Stout 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
When you love someone you can't classify what you love about them because it's everything. When you truly love someone you're happy… — Dayton Sprague Copy Share Image
Just like Steve did, Bindi's got that strange communication with wildlife. It's beautiful to watch, and it instills an empathy with all… — Terri Irwin Copy Share Image
As poets, we don't accept oppression; we are about a freedom of spirit, or whatever you want to call it. I think… — Alison Hawthorne Deming Copy Share Image
If you tell me I can't understand you because of my color or you can't understand me because of your sexual orientation… — Cleve Jones Copy Share Image
My background is in arts education and we know, absolutely for a fact, that there is no better way for kids to… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
“To be good, is to be like God. Our purpose in life is to try and reach that standard. We will always… — Lewis N. Roe 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
Like so many of you, I am deeply distressed both by the hateful violence in Charlottesville and by President Trump's refusal to… — Eva Moskowitz Copy Share Image
Take empathy, something added to human nature very recently and moving as we speak. Less than 300 years ago, Christians were enjoying… — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
As a child, I lived with being punier than other boys in class. The only consolation was my parents' empathy - they… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
“There is no real distinction between who can and cannot be a teacher. All that matters is that this person should have… — Charbel Tadros Copy Share Image
