Silence has been destroyed, but also the idea that it's important to learn how another person thinks, to enter the mind of… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
I see Lord Buddha in the 21st Century across national borders, across faith systems, across political ideologies, playing the role of a… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
“If we could understand and love the infinity of agonies which languish around us, all the lives which are hidden deaths, we… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
All novels . . . are concerned with the enigma of the self. As soon as you create an imaginary being, a… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Empathy has the power to bring together people who would otherwise never meet. It has the power to teach us and to… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
“As an empath, it’s vital that you learn how to hold space for your emotions, even the most painful ones. By anchoring… — Mateo Sol Copy Share Image
Empathy is a special way of coming to know another and ourself, a kind of attuning and understanding. When empathy is extended,… — Carl Rogers Copy Share Image
“God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Rorschach’s dissertation, which he finished in 1912, set out to define the physiological pathways that make empathy in Vischer’s sense possible. “On… — Damion Searls Copy Share Image
I've learned that there is no currency like trust and no catalyst like hope. There is nothing worse for building relationships than… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Steven Pinker says, the invention of printing and the widespread appearance of fiction - this taught empathy. If you read a novel,… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“Those who really can receive bread from a stranger and smile in gratitude, can feed many without even realizing it. Those who… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Q: I don’t really know what it means to live beautifully. In fact, I really know nothing except a few mechanical things… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Our bodies have five senses: touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing. But not to be overlooked are the senses of our souls: intuition,… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“And sociopaths are noted especially for their shallowness of emotion, the hollow and transient nature of any affectionate feelings they may claim… — Martha Stout Copy Share Image
“This paying attention is the foundational act of empathy, of listening, of seeing, of imagining experiences other than one's own, of getting… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Remember that for someone to be so mean, something must be going on with them. Something must be happening to make them… — Laura Michelle Kelly Copy Share Image
If you take the time to listen to an upset child's story with empathy, and guide the child toward figuring out the… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
“The alleged 'sensitivity' of neurotic people is matched by their egotism; they cannot abide the flaunting by others of the sufferings to… — Proust Marcel Copy Share Image
Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening.… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Try to see it my way, only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong. While you see it… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
My knowledge of myself is direct, synthetic, from within outwards; my knowledge of other persons is indirect, analytical, from outside inwards. My… — Salvador de Madariaga Copy Share Image
Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Writing, or at least good writing, is an outgrowth of that urge to use language to communicate complex ideas and experiences between… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Remember a Florida judge instructing a jury to focus only on the moment when George Zimmerman and Trayvon Marton interacted, thus transforming… — Carol Anderson Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“But like most extremely sensitive people, Gascoigne could not bear sensitivity in others: he required honesty and directness when he was asked… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
“One of the easiest ways to discover if someone is compatible with you is to gauge their emotional intelligence. Are they a… — Aletheia Luna Copy Share Image
Each side has legitimate aspirations - and that's part of what makes peace so hard. And the deadlock will only be broken… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When we are very young children we know how to feel. It's innate. But as we lead a lifetime, we pick up… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Animals have an amazing capacity for love and they have limited vocabularies. They don’t know the meaning of words like betrayal, control… — Octavia Wildwood Copy Share Image
I'm still learning about music. The best way to learn is to listen to the audience. When you listen to the audience,… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
I've thought a lot about the power of empathy. In my work, it's the current that connects me and my actual pulse… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
A sense of belonging is a sine qua non of healthy psychological functioning everywhere. Such a sense, beginning in infancy and continuing… — Maureen O'Hara Copy Share Image
As an artist I am attracted by decadence, by those who exhaust their lives in the shallow pursuits of pleasure. Occasionally, I… — Emil Nolde Copy Share Image
“[ The answer of Solon to the question 'Which is the most perfect popular government ?'] That where the least injury done… — Solon Copy Share Image
Daumier paints with an enormous capacity for absolute empathy; a complete identification of himself with the figures he paints. He sets forth… — David Sylvester Copy Share Image
We're all born storytellers. It's part of the species. But, more specifically, I suppose a particular combination of sensitivity and trauma made… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
I've always felt you don't have to be completely detached, emotionally uninvolved to make precise observations. There's nothing wrong with feeling great… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Helping survivors of residential schools in Canada is not the same as the UN sending in peacekeepers to prevent the genocide in… — Payam Akhavan Copy Share Image
Empathy is the most mysterious transaction that the human soul can have, and its accessible to all of us, but we have… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
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