Who taught me that animals were put on this Earth for food? Who taught me to disrespect animals and view them as… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
Empathy, he once had decided, must be limited to herbivores or anyhow omnivores who could depart from a meat diet. Because,ultimately, the… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“Maybe your empathy's just a comforting lie, you ever think of that? Maybe you think you know how the other person feels… — Peter Watts Copy Share Image
I think as you get older, there are things that there's just no light side to, but you know, I guess the… — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
Our leaders are cruel because only those willing to be inordinately cruel and remorseless can hold positions of leadership in the foreign… — William Blum Copy Share Image
As we have no immediate experience of what other men feel, we can form no idea of the manner in which they… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
If you list the qualities that we consider feminine, they are patience, understanding, empathy, supportiveness, a desire to nurture. Our culture tells… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
Empathy frequently informs our earliest days with our infants as we try to figure out what they need, how to comfort and… — Katherine Ellison 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
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
“A great date isn’t about perfection; it’s about showing up as yourself and creating a space for genuine connection.” — Ronen Dancziger Copy Share Image
Now, inventiveness and empathy, those qualities, if they're together in the same person, you've got an entrepreneurial genius. But they do tend… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
The problem is we are left only with empathy - which is critical, if it can be developed - without substantive manifestations… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“She sang, as requested. There was much about love in the ballad: faithful love that refused to abandon its object; love that… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
Anyone can see your tears, but only few special people can understand what it really means. — Ahmed Shahyn Copy Share Image
I've learned that there is no currency like trust and no catalyst like hope. There is nothing worse for building relationships than… — Jacqueline Novogratz 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
“In the end, the goal isn’t to convert or deconvert but to coexist. Evidence is a tool, not a weapon. It can… — Steve Ghikadis Copy Share Image
And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Empathy is key in the design process, especially when you start expanding outside of your comfort zone to new languages, cultures, and… — Mike Krieger Copy Share Image
Empathy seems to be seen as a weakness. We condition people to withdraw it to succeed. But really, it needs to be… — Matt Bellamy Copy Share Image
I'm determined to disagree with people without being disagreeable. That's part of the empathy. Empathy doesn't just extend to cute little kids.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Empathy is intuitive, but it is also something you can work on intellectually. — Tim Minchin 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
If writing really is empathy, then understanding your place in society might actually help you achieve it. — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
