“I will chum with you, and suffer when you suffer, and laugh when you laugh. I will bite my tongue when impatient… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
I've always explored various areas of society. And I love the young people. And I had an empathy for prisoners and did… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
He's really sort of the devil. He's completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You find that in psychopaths. It's about power… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
In order to give meaning to the world, one has to feel oneself involved in what he frames. This attitude requires concentration,… — Henri Cartier-Bresson Copy Share Image
“If we harm someone else, we’re inevitably also hurting ourselves. Some quality of sensitivity and awareness has to shut down for us… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
I know Bret Easton Ellis has said he has some amount of empathy for every character he has written about, though, so… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
If you have sensitivity then mysticism will be part of your life. It's a very beautiful thing and a very real thing… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
The Joker is a psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy. Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a… — Heath Ledger Copy Share Image
“And then, on September 11, the world fractured. It's beyond my skill as a writer to capture that day and the days… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Kafka often describes himself as a bloodless figure: a human being who doesn't really participate in the life of his fellow human… — Reiner Stach Copy Share Image
“God whispered, "You endured a lot. For that I am truly sorry, but grateful. I needed you to struggle to help so… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Listening is a very deep practice. You have to empty yourself. You have to leave space in order to listen especially to… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Empathically accurate perceivers are those who are consistently good at 'reading' other people's thoughts and feelings. All else being equal, they are… — William Ickes Copy Share Image
“Jake did a quick run-through of women in his mind, not of the ones he had known or dealt with in the… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
“Understanding, I believe, is a unifying force and unity is just what is unlikely to happen in a culture where people can… — Mike Cosper Copy Share Image
In HEATHEN, R. Flowers Rivera remixes the classical and the Biblical, the usual and the typical until what we thought we knew… — Terrance Hayes Copy Share Image
Reading fiction not only develops our imagination and creativity, it gives us the skills to be alone. It gives us the ability… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
Our phones do play to our natural nervousness about being vulnerable to each other, but that doesn't mean that we can't we… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
No country upon earth ever had it more in its power to attain these blessings than United America. Wondrously strange, then, and… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Other people's sorrows and joys have a way of reminding us of our own; we partly empathize with them because we ask… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
I think there's such a fine line in a relationship. The role of imagination and privacy... how much space can you allow… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
If you ask anyone, what is morality based on? These are the two factors that always come out: One is reciprocity, …… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In order to recognize small changes in effort, the effort itself must first be reduced. More delicate and improved control of movement… — Moshe Feldenkrais Copy Share Image
Just as white light consists of colored rays, so reverence for life contains all the components of ethics: love, kindliness, sympathy, empathy,… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
“One of the greatest advantages of being an empath is that experiencing a spiritual awakening is virtually inevitable. In other words, spiritually… — Aletheia Luna Copy Share Image
I'm somewhat of an empath, I would say. I relate easily to ideas and stories, books, films, music. I'm moved by all… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
“The most powerful thought is a prayerful thought. When I'm praying for you, I am praying for my own peace of mind.… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“But at the bottom of all the gloom, there is a sense that we are responsible for each other -- if not… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
In schools all over the world, little boys learn that their country is the greatest in the world, and the highest honor… — Myriam Miedzian Copy Share Image
My work on what is called 'deep reading' explores the range of linguistic, cognitive, and affective processes that underlie not only the… — Maryanne Wolf Copy Share Image
Our sensitivity to personal guilt is a fundamental trait of our humanness that distinguishes us from animals. To try to suppress the… — John Macarthur Copy Share Image
I flattered myself that I was rather empathetic, that I had rather good imaginative empathy. I've realized now that that was a… — Decca Aitkenhead Copy Share Image
I believe one of the requirements of good leadership is the ability to listen - really listen - to those in your… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
“For those constantly full of joy, they sometimes feel a little guilty for always feeling so good. That guilt is compassion: it… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth… — John Joseph Powell Copy Share Image
There is also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people who have suffered, people who have been… — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
I think when you've gone through a betrayal in life then when somebody's been betrayed you can talk to the person about… — Kathie Lee Gifford Copy Share Image
Deciding to listen with open ears and an open heart brings us together. We need to seek to really understand each other.… — Doug McMillon Copy Share Image
Some people who are recovering from depression want to use the lessons they're learned in coping with depression and their empathy for… — Marty Nemko Copy Share Image
“There are so many men, all endlessly attempting to sweep me off my feet. And there is one of you, trying just… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
