Empathy Quotes · Page 11

If I were God, I'd work on the reach of empathy.

— Frans de Waal

You know you truly love someone when you begin to feel pain for that person.

— Anonymous

I can sense your presence in my Heart although you belong to all the world.

— Rumi

Color is a matter of taste and of sensitivity.

— Edouard Manet

I hate the very human inclination towards insensitivity

— Megan McCafferty

Writing fiction is an act of imaginative empathy.

— Andrew Sean Greer

Help someone, you earn a friend. Help someone too much, you make an enemy.

— Erol Ozan

Sensitivity doesn't necessarily make you easy to get on with.

— Howard Jacobson

Empathy may not be the most productive emotion; but it is required to maintain relationships.

— Anonymous

Democrats have long held an advantage over Republicans on health care, mostly due to a perceived empathy problem in my party.

— Ben Sasse

Never let your tears and sensitivity blind you. If someone hurt you, they showed you who they are, stay strong and keep…

— Dix

None of my clients are criminals, but to a much lighter degree that's what goes on. I hear the story, and I…

— Hilary Liftin

Writing is an act of empathy. You are occupying and understanding a point of view that might be alien to your own--and…

— Benjamin Percy

I can see how, given a certain degree of sensitivities, proclivities and rage, I could have ended up differently.

— John Malkovich

We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent.

— Abraham Flexner

The solitude of the poet is the uniqueness of his experience, and the particulaity of his sensitivity and imagination.

— Mieczyslaw Jastrun

This place was truly the highest and the lowest of all worlds - the most beautiful senses, the most exquisite emotions.. the…

— Stephenie Meyer

“When perception and sensitivity do meet, we feel empowered to create a colorful world and share a breathtaking experience. If our view…

— Erik Pevernagie

“If your child is a teenage empath, you might like to try introducing them to self-inquiry. As sensitive beings, empathic teenagers struggle…

— Aletheia Luna

The joy of great fiction is that it transports the reader to another world, where new characters live in otherwise unimaginable ways.…

— Neal Katyal

“Respect, when rooted in genuine admiration and understanding, becomes a bridge that connects individuals, fostering empathy, acceptance, and a deep appreciation for…

— Sanjeev Himachali

I thought Mia Hansen-Love was a true auteur, and I always wanted to work with her. Mia's empathy for her characters and…

— Greta Gerwig

The rage of someone who continues to strive so hard and work so hard but is interrupted every day by society, by…

— Wunmi Mosaku

There's a gap somehow between empathy and activism. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of 'soul force' - something that emanates…

— Sue Monk Kidd

“Even at the farthest reaches of empathy, we do not and cannot share the lived experience of another. We can never fully…

— Jeanette LeBlanc

“Why are...poor people more ready to share their goods than rich people? The answer is easy: The poor have little to lose;…

— Piero Gheddo

Are You Seeing Me? is written powerfully with both the heart and the head, and neither gives an inch. It's funny, moving…

— Nick Earls

“I am noticing a big difference in the way the hospital workers are looking at me as I approach Jess’s room. The…

— John Passaro

Empathy is a human trait. But lots of humans exercise some traits more energetically than others. By "the usefulness of empathy" I…

— Jim Shepard

Resistance here doesn't mean revolution. It doesn't mean storming the barricades. Resistance means using art for the things that it does best,…

— Questlove

When someone really hears you without passing judgment on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without trying to mold you,…

— Carl Rogers

“Do you know what it is?' [Toby] said thoughtfully. 'It's that they haven't had anything really awful happen to them. No wonder…

— Michelle Cooper

Think in terms of what's good for the other person and success will seek you out.

— Mary Kay Ash

He who wishes to paint Christ's story must live with Christ.

— Fra Angelico

Your comfort should not cause discomfort to others. Be considerate.

— Mufti Ismail Menk

“Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.”

— Joseph Fort Newton

“To respond to the call of the other is to be a full and active human being.”

— David Murphy

Alas! we must suffer ourselves before we can feel for others.

— Emile Gaboriau

I saw more truth and sensitivity in art than I did in many of the people in this world.

— Frederick Lenz

Once you find someone to share your ups and downs, downs are almost as good as ups.

— Robert Breault