There is a real comfort with the position of the victim, which can either result in true empathy or deep paranoia. — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind,… — Carl Rogers Copy Share Image
“Stories let us see and hear and feel what someone else does,” she explained. “They build bridges to the other islands. That’s… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
True empathy is always free of any evaluative or diagnostic quality. This comes across to the recipient with some surprise. "If I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you aren't humble, whatever empathy you claim is false and probably results from some arrogance or the desire to control. But… — Anand Mahindra Copy Share Image
We all suffer alone in the real world. True empathy's impossible. But if a piece of fiction can alow us imaginatively to… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
The misery of other people is only an abstraction something that can be sympathized with only by drawing from one's own experiences.… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
“Indeed, insight is the true hallmark of empathy. The power of true empathy is its ability to give us a fresh understanding… — Guy Winch Copy Share Image
