There's a great deal of difference between temperament and temper. Temperament is something you welcome creatively, for it is based on sensitivity,… — Lucille Ball Copy Share Image
It's one of the things that weirdly I always used to like about my job: that expressing the emotions of a writer… — Uma Thurman Copy Share Image
It's very rare in our lives that we're like "Ooh, I'm going to really screw this family up." You just don't. You… — Ry Russo-Young Copy Share Image
Everyone is always in need of something that another person can give, be it undivided attention, a kind word or deep empathy.… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“If I had an ear 2 confide in I would cry among my treasured friends But who do u know that stops… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
“Surely we can train ourselves to an empathic imaginative sympathy for another species. Taught what to look for in facial features, gestures,… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
The possibility that empathy resides in parts of the brain so ancient that we share them with rats should give pause to… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
“If I could give one message to the bullies, it would be this: You are incredible. You are bound for great things.… — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
“Many people seeing the sensory homunculus for the first time comment on (even object to) how small the genitals are. They expect… — Sandra Blakeslee Copy Share Image
“After all, aren’t autistic people supposed to lack empathy? This is a common mistake. My children, who are both on the severe… — Stephen J. Bedard Copy Share Image
“Some empathy must be learned and then imagined, by perceiving the suffering of others and translating it into one's own experience of… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“Vulnerability scares most of us because we've been taught that FEELING our feelings is a sign of "over-sensitivity and weakness". We've taught… — Marlene Milner Copy Share Image
I have always been with men who were type A, alpha males. I must exist because I'm with him, I'd think. But… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
“By revealing to Tomas her dream about jabbing needles under her fingernails, Tereza unwittingly revealed that she had gone through his desk.… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Sensitivity to nature is not an innate attribute of indigenous peoples. It is a consequence of adaptive choices that have resulted in… — Wade Davis Copy Share Image
“The writers I most enjoy reading, even in gritty, down-to-earth genres, have a touch of the poet in them; they can create… — Charles Kowalski Copy Share Image
I think having a diversity of stories is important in also just spreading empathy and understanding. I think it's a really big… — Nia DaCosta Copy Share Image
People often ask me how I get so many unique experiences while they get none. I tell them the difference is in… — Sudha Murty Copy Share Image
“Life is sometimes to be a monkey with a monkey, to be a dog with a dog, a bird with a bird,… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
I love acting, I love what we do. It's so bloody silly at times, isn't it? It's like playing dress-up, and other… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
If I'm talking to someone in a crowded room, I try to make this person feel as though we're the only ones… — Mary Kay Ash Copy Share Image
It is notable how little empathy is cultivated or valued in our society. I put this down to our traditional racism and… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing. Instead of offering empathy, we often have a strong urge to give… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The toxic residue of humanity - you have to guard yourself, guard that sensitivity even more heavily because otherwise you can pick… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It seems to me that dominant cinema seems to require an empathy or a sympathy between the film and the audience which… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
Too often, wealthy people born on third base blithely criticize the poor for failing to hit home runs. The advantaged sometimes perceive… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
“An empath is capable of taking on the grief of another in order to lessen their suffering. In order to not be… — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
Never assume you know someone completely unless you have traveled the journey of their heart. Smiles, tears, love, and fears are not… — Tammi Post Copy Share Image
I think I lead with empathy and connection to our people. I find that the most effective leadership style for me is… — Julia Hartz Copy Share Image
If you had a table spread for a feast, and was making merry with your friends, you would think it was kind… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“But while the patient does bear some responsibility, I believe that the onus falls more heavily on the doctor to be attuned… — Danielle Ofri Copy Share Image
“Any act of writing is an act of empathy: you try to imagine yourself into another person’s mind and skin. I tried… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“How does one develop compassion for someone with a completely different set of values without reading something from their point of view?… — Jennifer Steil Copy Share Image
“No one's ever sat me down and taught me what empathy is or why it matters more than power or patriotism or… — Zak Ebrahim Copy Share Image
Our ability to offer empathy can allow us to stay vulnerable, defuse potential violence, help us hear the word 'no' without taking… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Leaders who want to show sensitivity should listen often and long and talk short and seldom. Many so-called leaders are too busy… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
By “empathy,” some people mean everything that is good - compassion, kindness, warmth, love, being a mensch, changing the world - and… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
Being a mom makes you far more compassionate. You have more empathy for people, more love. I was always taught to say… — Florence Henderson Copy Share Image
“When we are in constant pain, we cannot empathize with others, nor can we help them. It is only when we allow… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
I do have a side as a citizen, and I've always expressed it, and that's where I've gotten into misunderstandings, because some… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
