Empathy Quotes
780 quotes by 524 authors
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I always think that if you look at anyone in detail, you will have empathy for them because you recognize them as a human being,…
— Andrea Arnold
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Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver.
— Diane Ackerman
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It's got to do with putting yourself in other people's shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly understand them. I like the…
— Christian Bale
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I think we are living in selfish times. I'm the first one to say that I'm the most selfish. We live in the so-called 'first…
— Javier Bardem
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
— Gary Bauer
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Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
— Scott Adams
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The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all by imitating other human beings.
— Theodor Adorno
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
— Joyce Brothers
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Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.
— Jimmy Buffett
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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of…
— Leo Buscaglia
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I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.
— Leo Buscaglia
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We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empathy, self-awareness, and social intelligence. But the way we treat…
— Graydon Carter
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Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.
— Maya Angelou
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International educational exchange is the most significant current project designed to continue the process of humanizing mankind to the point, we would hope, that men…
— J. William Fulbright
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The essence of intercultural education is the acquisition of empathy-the ability to see the world as others see it, and to allow for the possibility…
— J. William Fulbright
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Love is that enviable state that knows no envy or vanity, only empathy and a longing to be greater than oneself....
— Joe McMahon
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All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.
— Tahereh Mafi
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Why wouldn't I help? What good reason do I have as a human being with power and a sense of empathy and morality, why wouldn't…
— John Legend
Who Wrote These Empathy Quotes
524 authors contributed a total of 780 Empathy Quotes, led by these top contributors: