The state of empathy, or being empathic, is to perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the… — Carl Rogers Copy Share Image
“My passion is to put empathy at the center of everything I pursue—from the products we launch, to the new markets we… — Satya Nadella Copy Share Image
...man can no more survive psychologically in a psychological milieu that does not respond empathetically to him, than he can survive physically… — Heinz Kohut Copy Share Image
Each one of us has lived through some devastation, some loneliness, some weather superstorm or spiritual superstorm, when we look at each… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
You can't write about the past and ignore religion. It was such a fundamental, mind-shaping, driving force for pre-modern societies. I'm very… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
We all suffer alone in the real world. True empathy's impossible. But if a piece of fiction can alow us imaginatively to… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Real social progress is always a widening of the circle of concern and protection. It's respect and empathy overtaking blindness and indifference.… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
One feels so despairing on some levels about what's going on in our culture, in regards to things like gender inequality. But… — Uma Thurman Copy Share Image
“In my utopia, human solidarity would be seen not as a fact to be recognised by clearing away "prejudice" or burrowing down… — Richard M. Rorty Copy Share Image
“The other problem with empathy is that it is too parochial to serve as a force for a universal consideration of people’s… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
The great secret of morals is love; or a going out of our nature, and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
“It is Christlike to assume that people are trying to do the best they can. I know I am a better person… — Ashley mae Hoiland Copy Share Image
“The same sensitivity that opens artists to Being also makes them vulnerable to the dark powers of non-Being. It is no accident… — David N. Elkins Copy Share Image
The only thing I can say in comparison is when I play comedy characters; I definitely put empathy in right up at… — Rhys Darby Copy Share Image
“...if we do not know how to defend ourselves, our women and our places of worship by force of suffering, i.e., nonviolence,… — Nassir Ghaemi Copy Share Image
If you think ahead to what to say next - like how to fix it or make the person feel better -… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
When you talk about a reader being emotionally moved, a feeling of empathy, I think that comes out of that line-by-line respect… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
The joy of great fiction is that it transports the reader to another world, where new characters live in otherwise unimaginable ways.… — Neal Katyal Copy Share Image
“If your child is a teenage empath, you might like to try introducing them to self-inquiry. As sensitive beings, empathic teenagers struggle… — Aletheia Luna Copy Share Image
This place was truly the highest and the lowest of all worlds - the most beautiful senses, the most exquisite emotions.. the… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
“When perception and sensitivity do meet, we feel empowered to create a colorful world and share a breathtaking experience. If our view… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
I think the only productive way to approach characters, and frankly people in life, is through empathy. The minute we call someone… — Bryce Pinkham Copy Share Image
“Am I sitting here now, months later, in Los Angeles, writing all this down, because I want my life to matter? Maybe… — Maggie Nelson Copy Share Image
“While it seems obvious that friends want to support friends going through a crisis, there are barriers that block us. There are… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“King and Gandhi had found a way to use aggressive impulses to resist injustice without hurting others. Where did the aggression go?… — Nassir Ghaemi Copy Share Image
I'm a believer in forgiveness. I have worked with people who have been in gangs and now dedicate their lives to helping… — Jess Phillips Copy Share Image
There's a gap somehow between empathy and activism. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of 'soul force' - something that emanates… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
The rage of someone who continues to strive so hard and work so hard but is interrupted every day by society, by… — Wunmi Mosaku Copy Share Image
“Respect, when rooted in genuine admiration and understanding, becomes a bridge that connects individuals, fostering empathy, acceptance, and a deep appreciation for… — Sanjeev Himachali Copy Share Image
I thought Mia Hansen-Love was a true auteur, and I always wanted to work with her. Mia's empathy for her characters and… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I believe that it is only through empathy, that the pain experienced by an Algerian woman, a North Korean dissident, a Rwandan… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
You can have compassion for someone who is suffering and try to help this person but if your relationship with mankind is… — Pascal Bruckner Copy Share Image
This enthusiasm [for empathy] may be misplaced. Empathy has some unfortunate features – it is parochial, narrow-minded and innumerate. We’re often at… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
If I could dry your tears, I would. If I could take the pain, I would. But all I have are eyes… — Anonymous 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
But it will depend on young people like you being open to new ideas and new possibilities. And it will require young… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I want us to organize, to tell the personal stories that create empathy, which is the most revolutionary emotion. The truth of… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
If the only people we are able to extend empathy to are those who are like us, who come from the same… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
Humanity is not without answers or solutions regarding how to liberate itself from scenarios that invariably end with mass exterminations. Tools such… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“ She sketched the figure of a dancing nymph, capturing the rhythmic flow of her movements with precise detail. This one would… — Farrah Rochon Copy Share Image