“We got talking about how some people were selfish and some weren’t, and the difference between right-wing people and left-wing people. You… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
“No one's ever sat me down and taught me what empathy is or why it matters more than power or patriotism or… — Zak Ebrahim Copy Share Image
“I came to recognise that, apart from her [Françoise's] own kinsfolk, the sufferings of humanity inspired in her a pity which increased… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
A judge is supposed to have empathy for no one but simply to follow the law. — Wendy Long Copy Share Image
To be in touch with yourself requires great sensitivity to everything that's going on here and now. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“By placing attention on what it is like to walk in another’s shoes, we step outside of ourselves and into a never-ending… — Amy Leigh Mercree Copy Share Image
The absence on the panel of anyone who could become pregnant accidentally or discover her salary was five thousand dollars a yearless… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“Vischer’s idea of a back and forth between projecting the self and internalizing the world—what he called a “direct continuation of the… — Damion Searls Copy Share Image
In a high-IQ job pool, soft skills like discipline, drive and empathy mark those who emerge as outstanding. — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
The attempt to be an ideal parent, that is, to behave correctly toward the child, to raise her correctly, not to give… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
“If remorse is regret amplified by moral awareness, it implies deeper involvement with the suffering of others, grounded in empathy, reflecting insufficient… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“I think people believe empathy to be compassion, that compassion is an inner sense (a sense of the soul). But empathy is… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
Time and again, people transcend the paralyzing effects of psychological pain when they have sufficient contact with someone who can hear them… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Empathy provides more than just information about relationships. It is an expression of being in relationship. It is not just a means… — Maureen O'Hara Copy Share Image
Some make their worlds without knowing it. Their universes are just sesame seeds and three-day weekends and dial tones and skinned knees… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“My sensitivity to all things new is a constant affliction to me; I only feel safe in places I have been in… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Did you ever notice how difficult it is to argue with someone who is not obsessed with being right? — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
I think that's almost what it is sometimes if you sum up what acting is. It's just the ultimate expression of empathy. — Emily Blunt Copy Share Image
We need to renegotiate our contract with nature. Ecology is a unifying force that can diminish intolerance and expand our empathy towards… — Gregory Colbert Copy Share Image
“So what are the spiritual principles that we want guiding us as we interact with others? I can think of a few… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
What we're trying to do in conversational intelligence is not only define that trust continuum for people, not only helping them notice,… — Judith E. Glaser Copy Share Image
In my book ["Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age], I argue that we're vulnerable to technologies.There's a 40… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
