Although emotionally delicate and eminently bruisable, teenagers are short on empathy. That comes later in life, if it comes at all. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Wisdom would dictate that a sense of proportion, empathy and balance should drive how the Workers' Party approaches Singapore politics. — Pritam Singh Copy Share Image
I hope to leave my children a sense of empathy and pity and a will to right social wrongs — Anita Roddick Copy Share Image
I have a high degree of sensitivity, always have. I was very shy as a child. I don't know why that was. — Nick Nolte Copy Share Image
When scoring a film, empathy is the key. And it is just as important to use music to express the actors' emotions… — RZA Copy Share Image
I felt great empathy for the thousands of Americans who lost their home because of a system that failed them. — Steve Mnuchin Copy Share Image
Despair is despair, sorrow is sorrow, death is death. It's not about who is experiencing it; it's about building a bridge of… — Okieriete Onaodowan Copy Share Image
The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
The measure of a friendship is not its physicality but its significance. Good friendships, online or off, urge us toward empathy; they… — Esther Earl Copy Share Image
I don't like that new age posture where you kind of tilt your head. I don't like that posture right now. I… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Instead of catching ourselves after we first felt angry, we develop a visceral sensitivity to what's happening within us in the moment… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“You're going to come across some truly gifted people in your lifetime that seem to know all the answers. However, they lost… — Shannon L. Alder 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
If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really… — Atticus Finch Copy Share Image
“Find an excellent quote about "Stories with a Dramatic Arc" by Deb Volberg Search for "the yellow dress" on Youtube tinyurl dot… — Deb Volberg Copy Share Image
Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity.… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The only way we really create change is to enter any situation with the humility to listen and to recognize the world… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Happiness doesn't lie in conspicuous consumption and the relentless amassing of useless crap. Happiness lies in the person sitting beside you and… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“A novel is not an allegory...it is a sensual experience of another world. If you don't enter that world, hold your breath… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
A person of good intelligence and of sensitivity cannot exist in this society very long without having some anger about the inequality… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“A good actor,' said Sunay in a light theatrical tone, 'is a man who represents the sediment, the unexplored and unexplained powers… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
In the Muslim world, this notion that somehow everything is the fault of the Israelis lacks balance - because there's two sides… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“One of the easiest things in life is to judge others. One of the simplest things we can ever do is to… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
Out of the house and on my own, I faced the fact I didn't much like who I was. I didn't like… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
Such has often been my apathy, when objects long sought, and earnestly desired, were placed within my reach. — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Looking at various means of developing compassion, I think empathy is an important factor: the ability to appreciate others' suffering. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I want us to organize, to tell the personal stories that create empathy, which is the most revolutionary emotion. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
We have become a society that lacks empathy. Are we teaching empathy? The Internet desensitises, too. — Jo Frost Copy Share Image
“When we see others cry it is difficult, not because of feeling their pain, but your own.” — Paula Heller Garland Copy Share Image
“Recognize that empathy might be in short supply. Educate yourself about mental health. And consider the idea that not every struggling teammate… — Kate Fagan Copy Share Image
We are hardwired to connect with others, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
We know the speaker has received adequate empathy when a. we sense a release of tension, or b. the flow of words… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“The human route to sympathy or empathy is a clumsy one but it's all we've got. To understand the consequences of our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think that's almost what it is sometimes if you sum up what acting is. It's just the ultimate expression of empathy. — Emily Blunt Copy Share Image
“He was a shitty husband, a cruel and distant father, and had absolutely no empathy for other human beings.” — Alafair Burke Copy Share Image
It's not a very nice thing to not have empathy. I would like to have empathy. In the past I haven't been… — Spencer Matthews Copy Share Image
Some pale, hueless flicker of sensitivity is in me. God, must I lose it in cooking scrambled eggs for a man. — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
My parents really instilled in me the importance of helping people. That involves helping and serving people in the community, but also… — Trevor Lawrence Copy Share Image
Sensitivity training is a fine idea but isn't taken seriously by those who need it most. — Nell Scovell Copy Share Image
On many issues, empathy can pull us in the wrong direction. The outrage that comes from adopting the perspective of a victim… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
