You would never survive a day in my skin, so don't try to tell me you know how I feel. — Colin Olsen Copy Share Image
I've been fascinated by the idea that evil is the absence of empathy. — John Connolly Copy Share Image
Fiction and essays can create empathy for the theoretical stranger. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Acting is probably the only profession where you are relying only on empathy. — Richa Chadha Copy Share Image
Stories teach us empathy. They reveal to us ourselves in the skins of others. — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I think empathy is undervalued in a lot of these comedy writers' rooms. — Nell Scovell Copy Share Image
“Nowhere in the bible did it say, “Only show compassion and empathy to those you can trust.” If we did that, we… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“the whole point of literature, I think, is that it’s the best technology we have for communicating what another person’s life feels… — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
It was so interesting going to high school in New York. You get a callous to the city and an empathy for… — Alex Wolff Copy Share Image
There is no partial sensitivity; either it is the state of one's whole being, total consciousness or it is not there at… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
If you weep you will weep alone but If you weep loudly enough,people will be ready to mingle their tears with yours. — Kishore Bansal Copy Share Image
Three key humanist virtues are courage, cognition, and caring - not dependence, ignorance, or insensitivity to the needs of others. — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
I think self-destructiveness is given a really bad rap. I think it can also mean self-reflection and poetic sensiblity. It can mean… — Courtney Love Copy Share Image
“Human nature is governed by general self-interest and affected by genetic predisposition, which implies that there are likely to be limits to… — Nayef Al-Rodhan Copy Share Image
“...the law of empathy, by which he could, by his will, transfer himself into an object or a work of art, and… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
As a caregiver, I always thought I had empathy for Chris's situation, and certainly one family member's disability affects the whole family… — Dana Reeve Copy Share Image
It art can only succeed through the cooperating imagination and intelligence of its consumers, who fill out, for themselves, the artist's world… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
I do not think I will ever become deadened, because I live in other people's lives, I must admit there are times… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I feel empathy for people who are trapped in a prison of self-consciousness in an uncomfortable way. We can be free, but… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
The myth of writer as, like, Asperger-style misanthrope, or, like, the Jack Nicholson, 'As Good As It Gets' - it just doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I worry that if whatever pops into your head at any instant immediately goes online, you lose the crucial time for your… — Paul Harding Copy Share Image
“What were needed were simple psychological tactics and strategies that worked in the field to calm people down, establish rapport, gain trust,… — Chris Voss Copy Share Image
Regarding fiction, our concern shouldn't be the author's origin (and of course I am forgetting the sales people right here), because that… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
To perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the emotional components and meanings which pertain thereto as… — Carl Rogers Copy Share Image
“Empathy. Most people think empathy is like understanding someone else or relating to them. But it's more than that. Real empathy is… — Nathan Hill Copy Share Image
No matter how much lip service those committed to power (psychopaths) may pay to the principle of equality (empaths), they can never… — Arno Gruen Copy Share Image
“Impulsive, sensation-seeking, and incapable of experiencing empathy or guilt, a narcissistic psychopath treats other people as objects of need fulfillment and wish… — Bandy X Lee Copy Share Image
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
Recent breakthroughs in science show we have just the capacities we need to face our planet's challenges. We're "soft-wired" for cooperation, empathy,… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
“It’s not your fault, you know,” Tobias’s voice broke softly into her thoughts. She looked up at the gentle face that he… — Hanna Peach Copy Share Image
