The more extreme the story, the more successful it becomes. Emotions on high, empathy engaged, we become primed to help. — Maria Konnikova 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
We have to have a revolution so that all young people grasp empathy and practice it. This is the most fundamental revolution… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
And let me say this as a politician I can promise you this, political leaders will never take risks if the people… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is a minimum requirement of morality, of moral compass, of decency, of moral empathy. And if you are incapable of meeting… — Ana Navarro Copy Share Image
I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
So often our sisters comfort others when their own needs are greater than those being comforted. That quality is like the generosity… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If evil is empathy erosion, and empathy erosion is a form of illness, then evil turns out to be nothing more than… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
If literature does one thing, it makes you more empathetic by making you live other lives and feel the pain of others.… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Solidarity, compassion, caring, communion and loving. Such values and inner powers can lay the foundation of a new paradigm of civilization, the… — Leonardo Boff Copy Share Image
What we were most hoping to achieve with Shots Fired: empathy for all of the characters and conversations about our criminal justice… — Gina Prince-Bythewood 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
Loss makes me feel vulnerable. I've had my share, less than so many though, but enough to feel empathy. It's tough and… — Kristin Bauer van Straten Copy Share Image
Stairway to Wisdom”) David Brooks detailed the needed ingredients to gaining a deep understanding of a social problem, beginning with the data… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“The contribution of humanistic psychology to better relationships is recognized by the inclusion of Carl Rogers, whose influential book reminds us that… — Tom Butler-Bowdon Copy Share Image
Sometimes its not the happy ending you can relate to, But the sad life some one had to live to get there. — Levita Charin 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
I was always shy. Writing was my only outlet. Because I always hid in a room, I spent a lot of time… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
I'm truly thankful that Life's blows knocked me off the Ivory Tower that so comfortably afforded me the luxury of looking down… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Stand for those who cannot stand, but for those who can stand, stand not for them but with them instead.” — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Only those who have been hurt in the heart understands the plight of those in pain. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
Indifference towards those in need is not acceptable for a Christian. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image