Empathic Quotes

40 quotes by 27 authors

The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ. — Karen Armstrong
The evolution of culture is ultimately determined by the amount of love, understanding and freedom experienced by its children... Every abandonment, every betrayal, every hateful… — Lloyd deMause
The act of compassion begins with full attention, just as rapport does. You have to really see the person. If you see the person, then… — Daniel Goleman
People whose integrity has not been damaged in childhood, who were protected, respected, and treated with honesty by their parents, will be-both in their youth… — Alice Miller
The Empathic Civilization is emerging. A younger generation is fast extending its empathic embrace beyond religious affiliations and national identification to include the whole of… — Jeremy Rifkin
When the other person is hurting, confused, troubled, anxious, alienated, terrified; or when he or she is doubtful of self-worth, uncertain as to identity, then… — Carl Rogers
An empathic way of being can be learned from empathic persons. Perhaps the most important statement of all is that the ability to be accurately… — Carl Rogers
The state of empathy, or being empathic, is to perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the emotional components and… — Carl Rogers
So, as you can readily see from what I have said thus far, a creative, active, sensitive, accurate, empathic, nonjudgmental listening is for me terribly… — Carl Rogers
Empathic, emotionally intelligent work environments have a good track record of increasing creativity, improving problem solving and raising productivity. — Daniel Goleman
The empathic understanding of the experience of other human beings is as basic an endowment of man as his vision, hearing, touch, taste and smell — Heinz Kohut
What evidence is there that we've adequately empathized with the other person? First, when an individual realizes that everything going on within has received full… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Our goal is to create a quality of empathic connection that allows everyone's needs to be met. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Empathic listening takes time, but it doesn't take anywhere near as much time as it takes to back up and correct misunderstandings when you're already… — Stephen Covey
'In empathic listening you listen with your ears, but you also, and more importantly, listen with you eyes and with your heart. You listen for… — Stephen Covey
Empathic listening is so powerful because it gives you accurate data to work with. Instead of projecting your own autobiography and assuming thoughts, feelings, motives… — Stephen Covey
Humanity is actually much more cooperative and empathic than [it's] given credit for. — Frans de Waal
The work of a psychotherapist involves being empathic and insightful with one's patients without getting too lost in their painful stories to be helpful. — Pamela Stephenson
When you learn conflict-resolution skills in the playroom, you then practice them on the playground, and that in turn stays with you. If you have… — Jeffrey Kluger
Economic activity is no longer an adversarial contest between embattled sellers and buyers "In the distributed economy, where collaboration trumps competition, inclusivity replaces exclusivity and… — Jeremy Rifkin

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