Empathetic Quote by Carl Sagan

I've always been very keen on Pascal, and what I'm most keen on in Pascal is his emphasis upon human wretchedness. He has a…

— Simon Critchley

“I think the world divides neatly into those who are excited by the managed induction of terror and those who are not. I do…

— David Foster Wallace

“As empaths, our high level of sensitivity means that we are prone to feeling like eternal outsiders who are in the world but not…

— Aletheia Luna

“The world divides into those who like the managed induction of terror and those who don’t. I do not find terror exciting. I find…

— David Foster Wallace

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after…

— Henry David Thoreau

There was something awful about terror trapped behind silence.

— Maggie Stiefvater

“and you would know by now that silence is not distance — it is despair and distress and failure and weakness and dissociation and…

— Hanna Abi Akl

“I think the world divides neatly into those who are excited by the managed induction of terror and those who are not. I do…

— David Foster Wallace

We're fascinated by the words--but where we meet is in the silence behind them.

— Ram Dass

As all of us are only too aware, the loud and frantic voices of the outer world easily drown out the small, still loving…

— Marianne Williamson

Babes crying in the wilderness know that the world already has plenty of terrifying noise, but there aren't enough clear voices to smooth our…

— Thomas H. Cook

“We thought we were special, opening our perceptions, honing our empathy, spilling that cauldron of shared pain onto the dance floor of language and…

— Dan Simmons