Empathy Quotes

780 quotes by 496 authors

In empathy, you don't speak at all. You speak with the eyes. You speak with your body. If you say any words at all, it's… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
I wouldn't expect someone who's been injured to hear my side until they felt that I had fully understood the depth of their pain. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Intellectual understanding blocks empathy. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
We need to receive empathy to give empathy. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Empathy lies in our ability to be present without opinion. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Empathy gives you the ability to enjoy another person's pain. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
The more we empathize with the other party, the safer we feel. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
The number one rule of our training is empathy before education. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
It may be most difficult to empathize with those we are closest to. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Empathizing with someone's 'no' protects us from taking it personally. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Empathy allows us to re-perceive our world in a new way and move forward. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
With empathy, I'm fully with them, and not full of them - that's sympathy. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
With empathy we don't direct, we follow. Don't just do something, be there. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
It's harder to empathize with those who appear to possess more power, status, or resources. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Our goal is to create a quality of empathic connection that allows everyone's needs to be met. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
To be able to hear our own feelings and needs and to empathize with them can free us from depression. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Postpone result/solution thinking until later; it's through connection that solutions materialize - empathy before education. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Often, instead of offering empathy, we have a strong urge to give advice or reassurance and to explain our own position or feeling. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Time and again, people transcend the paralyzing effects of psychological pain when they have sufficient contact with someone who can hear them empathically. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

Who Wrote These Empathy Quotes

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