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title: "6 Empathy Feeling Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 6 Empathy Feeling quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Empathy Feeling sayings and thoughts."
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> [“have to. But this apparent coldness is not a lack of empathy and feeling; it is a hypersensitivity. It is feeling too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-berry/have-to-but-this-apparent-coldness-is-not-a-lack-of-empathy-and/)

[Kevin Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-berry/)

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> [Compassion and empathy are not the same as feeling sorry for oneself. They are emotions that extend our perceptual ranges.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/compassion-and-empathy-are-not-the-same-as-feeling-sorry-for-oneself/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/148/frederick-lenz-8_compassion_compassion-and-empathy-are-not-the-same_539085.jpg)

> [Empathy and fellow feeling form the very basis of morality. The capacities for empathy, for feeling responsibility toward others and for reaching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sissela-bok/empathy-and-fellow-feeling-form-the-very-basis-of-morality-the/)

[Sissela Bok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sissela-bok/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e6/sissela-bok-26105_bases_empathy-and-fellow-feeling-form-the-very_1020346.jpg)

> [My book is going to be called Against Empathy, which may give you a feeling for where my argument is going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bloom/my-book-is-going-to-be-called-against-empathy-which-may-give-you-a/)

[Paul Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bloom/)

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> [“Most of us think about empathy as a “feeling” or an “emotion.” It is. To be empathetic is to be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-schwartz/most-of-us-think-about-empathy-as-a-feeling-or-an-emotion-it-is-to-be/)

[Barry Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-schwartz/)

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> [Sympathy is towards someone else, versus empathy, which is feeling like someone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saschka-unseld/sympathy-is-towards-someone-else-versus-empathy-which-is-feeling-like/)

[Saschka Unseld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saschka-unseld/)

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