The great leaders that I have worked with are people who have a good sense of empathy with other people. They can… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Empathy should not be contingent on our proximity to suffering or the likelihood of it happening to us. Rather, it should stem… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
“Shared emotions experienced by two souls,empathy on unequivocal level which Davey believed would change entire species of mankind if only secret of… — Christina Westover Copy Share Image
We often think that "bad" relationships are motivating by self-loathing or a wish for self-destruction, but I think that loving people who… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion that gets staged over… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Loss of empathy might well be the most enduring and deep-cutting scar of all, the silent blade of an unseen emey, tearing… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
I'm not sure what gave me empathy for animals, but I do know that I have always loved animals since I was… — Alison Eastwood Copy Share Image
I believe that the biggest problem that humanity faces is an ego sensitivity to finding out whether one is right or wrong… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
It is hard for me to imagine that I felt good about behaving like that. I also remember that the smallest gesture… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
“Thus evolved some members of the Core—not altruists, but desperate survivalists who realized that the only way ultimately to win their never-ending… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“How do we connect meaningfully with each other, as meaningfully as possible, within the limits of language and time? How does empathy… — Brian Christian Copy Share Image
Rather than pointing fingers or assigning blame, let’s use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations, to listen to each other more… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“He who has little problems, shows little love. He who has overcome huge problems, has giant love. Because he understands what it… — Dragos Bratasanu, Ph.D Copy Share Image
“The perks of being an INFP empath is that we are the opposite of narcissists and sociopaths. INFPs, in general, are very… — Catherine Chea Copy Share Image
A novel is not an allegory… It is the sensual experience of another world. If you don't enter that world, hold your… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
I love the theatre and Miller is one of my all-time favourite playwrights. 'All My Sons' is a very socialist play, which… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Most women prefer circles of sharing to pyramids and hierarchies. They prefer conversation to construction. They will usually choose nurturance and empathy… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurs may be brutally honest, but fostering relationships with partners and building enduring communities requires empathy, self-sacrifice and a willingness to help… — Ben Parr Copy Share Image
“without empathy he will find no purpose. Without purpose, he will find no satisfaction. Without satisfaction, he will find no contentment, and… — R.A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
I think we could benefit from world history that is specifically taught in a multi-faceted fashion that allows for an understanding that… — Maya Soetoro-Ng Copy Share Image
What we call politics now and what most political writers write about is the empathy and the bonding and the word choice… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Empathy as a complex emotion is different. It requires awareness of the other person's feelings and of one's own reactions. The appropriate… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
“Well, we have a whole new year ahead of us. And wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all be a little… — Judy Garland Copy Share Image
If we become skilled in giving ourselves empathy, we often experience in just a few seconds a natural release of energy which… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
While eschewing emotion - and its companion, vulnerability - Obama should be careful not to sacrifice empathy, the 'I feel your pain'… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
He came up straight to her father, whose hands he took and wrung without a word - holding them in his for… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
If you aren't humble, whatever empathy you claim is false and probably results from some arrogance or the desire to control. But… — Anand Mahindra Copy Share Image
There should be characters and situations that we cannot identify with, that retain either too much horror or too much wonder to… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
There is in the child a special kind of sensitivity which leads him to absorb everything about him, and it is this… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
There is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels for someone, pain… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I think the very idea of character, of developing not just grit, but empathy and curiosity, emotional intelligence - you know, the… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
Imgur is a data-driven company, and our community is our most important signal. But you can't perfectly plot humans neatly into a… — Alan Schaaf Copy Share Image
The way I regard those who hurt me today will affect how I experience the world in the future. In any encounter,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others. Even the briefest touch… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
The mobile revolution has dramatically changed our world view, empowered women, and increased our empathy. Corrupt governments have been toppled and wars… — Gray Scott Copy Share Image
For me as an actor, you always sort of want to bring yourself to a character in some way. You want to… — Britt Robertson Copy Share Image
Most actors will tell you this - I don't really know how to connect, empathize with, or make worthy of any revelation… — Jeff Perry Copy Share Image
I believe that stories are incredibly important, possibly in ways we don't understand, in allowing us to make sense of our lives,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I don't know if it is a spiritual, physiological or psychological phenomenon, but I believe now more than ever that singing is… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
“I have seen people at their worst, at their most desperate and selfish, and this knowledge makes me wary. So I’m learning… — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
