--- title: "9 Feeling Empathy Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Feeling Empathy quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Feeling Empathy sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/alison-hawthorne-deming-11586_connections_if-you-have-this-deep-feeling-of-empathy_2712873.jpg" --- > [If you have this deep feeling of empathy for the natural world, you feel it so profoundly. It's almost a religious experience.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-hawthorne-deming/if-you-have-this-deep-feeling-of-empathy-for-the-natural-world-you/) [Alison Hawthorne Deming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-hawthorne-deming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/alison-hawthorne-deming-11586_connections_if-you-have-this-deep-feeling-of-empathy_2712873.jpg) > [When you talk about a reader being emotionally moved, a feeling of empathy, I think that comes out of that line-by-line respect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/when-you-talk-about-a-reader-being-emotionally-moved-a-feeling-of/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a06/george-saunders-317_books_when-you-talk-about-a-reader-being-emoti_537020.jpg) > [It was a strange thing, this feeling of empathy. He'd never experienced it before. He realized that what hurt this woman hurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-hoyt/it-was-a-strange-thing-this-feeling-of-empathy-he-d-never-experienced/) [Elizabeth Hoyt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-hoyt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/331/elizabeth-hoyt-1675_empathy_it-was-a-strange-thing-this-feeling-of-e_2560733.jpg) > [“Once we are able to combine a feeling of empathy for others with a profound understanding of the suffering they experience, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/his-holiness-the-dalai-lama/once-we-are-able-to-combine-a-feeling-of-empathy-for-others-with-a/) [His Holiness the Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/his-holiness-the-dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3c/his-holiness-the-dalai-lama-55_compassion_once-we-are-able-to-combine-a-feeling-of_1118822.jpg) > [I always feel that life can teach you how to act. I'm always looking at life through other people's eyes. By feeling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cara-delevingne/i-always-feel-that-life-can-teach-you-how-to-act-i-m-always-looking/) [Cara Delevingne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cara-delevingne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/cara-delevingne-8041_act_i-always-feel-that-life-can-teach-you-ho_115574.jpg) > [At 10, I heard Neil Diamond's 'Solitary Man' and it moved me so deeply I stood, frozen in place during school recess,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/at-10-i-heard-neil-diamond-s-solitary-man-and-it-moved-me-so-deeply-i/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e5/dan-hill-9616_deeply_at-10-i-heard-neil-diamond-s-solitary-ma_1444166.png) > [Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing. Instead of offering empathy, we often have a strong urge to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-b-rosenberg/empathy-is-a-respectful-understanding-of-what-others-are-experiencing/) [Marshall B. Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-b-rosenberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/marshall-b-rosenberg-1145_advice_empathy-is-a-respectful-understanding-of_2289928.jpg) > [“Most of us think about empathy as a “feeling” or an “emotion.” It is. To be empathetic is to be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-schwartz/most-of-us-think-about-empathy-as-a-feeling-or-an-emotion-it-is-to-be/) [Barry Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-schwartz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/574/barry-schwartz-19557_compassion_most-of-us-think-about-empathy-as-a-feel_2623268.jpg) > [“The next time you run into a difficult person, try making an excuse for her behavior. Maybe she's not feeling well. Maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-reinke/the-next-time-you-run-into-a-difficult-person-try-making-an-excuse/) [Beth Reinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-reinke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/429/beth-reinke-223003_bad-news_the-next-time-you-run-into-a-difficult-p_2161157.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feeling-empathy/#itemlist", "name": "Feeling Empathy Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you have this deep feeling of empathy for the natural world, you feel it so profoundly. It's almost a religious experience. 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