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Empathy Quotes by Frans de Waal
- If I were God, I'd work on the reach of empathy.
- Empathy as a complex emotion is different. It requires awareness of the other person's feelings and of one's own reactions. The appropriate reaction may not…
- As in a Russian doll, however, the outer layers always contain an inner core. Instead of evolution having replaced simpler forms of empathy with more…
- The possibility that empathy resides in parts of the brain so ancient that we share them with rats should give pause to anyone comparing politicians…
- You need to indoctrinate empathy out of people in order to arrive at extreme capitalist positions.
- I sometimes try to imagine what would have happened if we’d known the bonobo first and the chimpanzee only later—or not at all. The discussion…
- If you ask anyone, what is morality based on? These are the two factors that always come out: One is reciprocity, … a sense of…
- I've argued that many of what philosophers call moral sentiments can be seen in other species. In chimpanzees and other animals, you see examples of…
- Human morality is unthinkable without empathy.
- Empathy probably started out as a mechanism to improve maternal care. Mammalian mothers who were attentive to their young's needs were more likely to rear…
More Empathy Quotes
- I always think that if you look at anyone in detail, you will have empathy for them because you recognize them as… — Andrea Arnold
- Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver. — Diane Ackerman
- It's got to do with putting yourself in other people's shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly understand them.… — Christian Bale
- I think we are living in selfish times. I'm the first one to say that I'm the most selfish. We live in… — Javier Bardem
- Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle. — Gary Bauer
- Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. — Scott Adams
- The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all by imitating other human beings. — Theodor Adorno
- Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. — Joyce Brothers
- Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care. — Jimmy Buffett
- Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the… — Leo Buscaglia
- 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