“The keen sensitivity with which people detect the flaws of their rivals is one of nature's wonders. It takes a Herculean effort… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
These are the days when men of all social disciplines and all political faiths seek the comfortable and the accepted; when the… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
One important lesson I learned over and over is that, when you walk into any troubled organization, there is a delicate balance… — Ben Sasse Copy Share Image
“Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge… is empathy,… — Bill Bullard Copy Share Image
One should learn from a book. Books have a lot to teach us. They have a lot of empathy to impart to… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
When I read stories of suffering, I still feel something. It seems inhuman not to. At the same time, I'm more aware… — Kim Brooks Copy Share Image
It is axiomatic that we should all think of ourselves as being more sensitive than other people because, when we are insensitive… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
The brain controls pain. It controls fear. Sleep. Empathy. Hunger. Everything we associate with the heart or the soul or the nervous… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“Sweet Evelyn, I think, I should have loved you better. Possessing perfect knowledge I hover above him as he hacks me to… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Stoic moral training depends upon the defensibility of these schematic propositions: (a) Rational deliberative power (rational agency) is a defining feature of… — Lawrence C. Becker Copy Share Image
Such lonely, lost things you find on your way. It would be easier, if you were the only one lost. But lost… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“When I say empathic listening, I mean listening with intent to understand. I mean seeking first to understand, to really understand. It’s… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
On my recent trip to Israel, I had the opportunity to visit Yad Vashem, Israel's national Holocaust memorial, and reaffirm our collective… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Kylie bit down on her lip. Burnett took a step forward. He squared his shoulders, empathy filling his eyes. He took a… — C.C. Hunter 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
“What people don't understand about depression is how much it hurts. It's like your brain is convinced that it's dying and produces… — Tyler Hamilton Copy Share Image
Empathy is the most mysterious transaction that the human soul can have, and it's accessible to all of us, but we have… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
I have genuine empathy for the fact that if you're a professional footballer, you've often started at three years old, you've been… — Brett Goldstein Copy Share Image
After the Ankara bombings on October 10, people were asked to hold a minute of silence, but many refused. Our society can't… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
I think one of the biggest political failures, and the biggest social failures, over the past few years has been the failure… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
The objective of Nonviolent Communication is not to change people and their behavior in order to get our way: it is to… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I look for a role that hopefully I feel empathy with and that I can understand and love, but also that has… — Kathy Bates Copy Share Image
We need to understand the other side to impact the other side. We become much more effective as humans and leaders when… — Daniel Lubetzky Copy Share Image
For me, it's common sense to treat other people like you would like to be treated. Empathy is a broad concept, but… — Oscar Munoz Copy Share Image
I believe in love. I believe it transforms, transports, and transcends. I believe it fine-tunes goodness, solidifies strength, ripens resolve, eradicates rage,… — Lisa Kogan Copy Share Image
“Until you truly let go, until you truly form humility, can you find empathy and in that empathy you find contact and… — Jimmy Nelson Copy Share Image
“An empathy wall is an obstacle to deep understanding of another person, one that can make us feel indifferent or even hostile… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
“Empathy "Walk a mile in an others shoes." What shoes? Baby shoes? Gym shoes? Combat boots? Sandals? Flip flops? Shoes that are… — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
“Even though I didn't think I'd like empathy it kind of creeps up on you and makes you feel all warm and… — Kathryn Erskine Copy Share Image
I have empathy towards bullying. Not about punishing the bully but empowering the victim. We have a tendency to use the word… — Renee Lawless Copy Share Image
You get your heart stomped by the opposite sex, and you're hurting so badly that you write 'Sometimes When We Touch.' But… — Dan Hill Copy Share Image
I soak up personalities and energy. I can identify with anything because truthfully everything that makes up the world is characterized in… — Aeriel Miranda Copy Share Image
“The difference between a moral person and a person of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, made out of… — Shannon Alder Copy Share Image
“Most of us care about one another. Human beings have considerably more in common with one another than they do differences. One’s… — Jon Huntsman Copy Share Image
The myth of writer as, like, Asperger-style misanthrope, or, like, the Jack Nicholson, 'As Good As It Gets' - it just doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I worry that if whatever pops into your head at any instant immediately goes online, you lose the crucial time for your… — Paul Harding Copy Share Image
I do not think I will ever become deadened, because I live in other people's lives, I must admit there are times… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I feel empathy for people who are trapped in a prison of self-consciousness in an uncomfortable way. We can be free, but… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Damn, a mirror can be a lethal weapon, and self-knowledge a poisoned pill. I had been a self-centered and egotistical jock with… — Paul Levine Copy Share Image
