“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
“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
“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
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
“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
“What were needed were simple psychological tactics and strategies that worked in the field to calm people down, establish rapport, gain trust,… — Chris Voss 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
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
“As you are all aware, in the course of life we experience many kinds of pain. Pains of the body and pains… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The act of compassion begins with full attention, just as rapport does. You have to really see the person. If you see… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
“I'll never stop acknowledging the pain of others, because empathy is the flashlight leading us toward wholeness and healing. If we ignore… — Diana Oestreich Copy Share Image
“...all intolerable local situations have become world situations, with the result that the whole world has become a local situation, here, under… — Romain Gary Copy Share Image
My art and my self-expression in any form has always been an attempt towards sincerity, honesty, and empathy for others. For a… — Alice Glass Copy Share Image
“To cultivate empathy means to see the world through the eyes of another without judgement, without trying to "fix" it, without needing… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share Image
“in adults the anterior cingulate cortex activates when they see someone hurt. Ditto for the amygdala and insula, especially in instances of… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“If you will read and listen, you will admit a multiplicity of voices and points of view, consider them with some humility,… — Rick Gekoski 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
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 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
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 always like it when writers posit writing as an act of empathy. It's such a grand turn of phrase, such a… — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
Dwyane is just sensational. Look, he has all the qualities of a champion, of a winner, of a Hall of Fame player… — Erik Spoelstra Copy Share Image
“...the law of empathy, by which he could, by his will, transfer himself into an object or a work of art, and… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
It art can only succeed through the cooperating imagination and intelligence of its consumers, who fill out, for themselves, the artist's world… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
As a caregiver, I always thought I had empathy for Chris's situation, and certainly one family member's disability affects the whole family… — Dana Reeve Copy Share Image
“All three of our species have empathy, we have sympathy, we have a sense of fairness - the Babyeaters even tell stories… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
That's what happens in a good horror movie: there are always metaphors of greater subjects like humanity and empathy and compassion. It's… — Edgar Ramirez Copy Share Image
She might have been born this way, without an empathy gene and other essentials. In that case, she would interpret any kindness… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
We don't always talk about that as a leadership quality. I think what's really important is having empathy, understanding the experiences of… — Julie Sweet Copy Share Image
It has been a period where people have been far nicer to one another in every possible way. I'm not saying it's… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
Education tends to be diagrammatic and categorical, opening up no sluices in the human imagination on the wonder of the beauty of… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
I'm not used to sensitivity any more. When I see people cry when I lose, save your tears. I don't know how… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
Turning a human being into a thing, an object, is almost always the first step towards justifying violence against that person. It… — Jean Kilbourne Copy Share Image
George Saunders is the funniest. He makes me laugh in the way I want to laugh - with so much empathy and… — Mark Duplass Copy Share Image
Sympathy relies on a common experience. If you're clumsy, you might have sympathy for others who tend to bump into things. Empathy,… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
“At the exact time that our society embraces shaming, blaming, judgment, and rejection, it also holds acceptance and belonging as immensely important.… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Empathy doesn't require that we have the exact same experiences as the person sharing their story with us...Empathy is connecting with the… — Brené Brown 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
Successful hunting, it could be said, is an act of terminal empathy: the kill depends on how successfully a hunter inserts himself… — John Vaillant Copy Share Image
Sometimes, in Silicon Valley, there is this attitude that we know best and we can change the world. The boldness allows us… — Ro Khanna Copy Share Image