What's your story? It's all in the telling. Stories are compasses and architecture; we navigate by them, and to be without a… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“Let it shine, the light in you. Oh, and that's delighting me! Various colors shining through. Elated, it fills my soul with… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
Reverence for life is more than solicitude or sensitivity for life. It is a sense of the whole, a capacity for inspired… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
“The midpoint in medicine between excessive emotional involvement with patients and a complete lack of empathy is not a simple one to… — Christine Montross Copy Share Image
Ecstasy is a complex emotion containing elements of joy, fear, terror, triumph, surrender, and empathy. What has replaced our prehistoric understanding of… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
“We should not fear the fragility of truth, for it creates openness to correction, learning, and growth. It fosters empathy, making inquiry,… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
The photographer is an armed version of the solitary walker reconnoitering, stalking, cruising the urban inferno, the voyeuristic stroller who discovers the… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Empathy isn't the same thing as expressing emotions. It's not about sharing your feelings - it can be really uncomfortable if a… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
A unique relationship develops among team members who enter into dialogue regularly. They develop a deep trust that cannot help but carry… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
You can be sad for others but you don't have to take on their pain. — Leonard Jacobson 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
“...I was one of the haves, and one of the secrets of being a have is not wasting your time on empathy.” — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
“A kind word will never replace the conversation that God has prompted you to repeatedly have.” — shannon l. alder Copy Share Image
“If anything there appears to be an indignant kind of mateship here, a loyalty that precludes empathy.” — Anna Krien Copy Share Image
When we represent all cultures with sensitivity and truth, we foster a society that supports all people. — Mena Massoud Copy Share Image
My theory is that the female brain is predominantly hard-wired for empathy, and that the male brain is predominantly hard-wired for understanding… — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
Writing itself, if not misunderstood and abused, becomes a way of empowering the writing self. It converts anger and disappointment into deliberate… — Ted Solotaroff Copy Share Image
“Understanding did not provide solace or make the pain go away; in many ways, understanding was just more salt in the emotional… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
It's harder to empathize with those who appear to possess more power, status, or resources. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
If you're going to make a movie about a character who is a supervillain, it's fantastic to have a core sense of… — Chris Meledandri Copy Share Image
“Humans are not innately good (just as they are not innately evil), but they come equipped with motives that can orient them… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
However long the horror continued, one must not get to the stage of refusing to think about it. To shrink from direct… — Jan Struther Copy Share Image
We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent. — Abraham Flexner Copy Share Image
Weight is an intensely personal, sensitive and often tricky issue for women and it is something women talk about a lot among… — Katty Kay Copy Share Image