Empathy Quotes

780 Empathy quotes by 496 unique authors

A respectful understanding of another's experience. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
In communications empathy knowing respect spirituality tolerance understanding. Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying. — Ram Dass
If you share in a heart-felt sorrow, you can lighten the load of a friend. Sometimes facing the burden together can mend two broken hearts… — Wes Fesler
They will tell you that the Americans who sleep in the streets and beg for food got there because they're all lazy or weak of… — Barack Obama
I hope you don't listen to this. I hope you choose to broaden, and not contract, your ambit of concern. — Barack Obama
All that we can't say is all we need to hear. — Ben Harper
There's something in everyone only they know. — Ben Harper
One of the benefits of aligning yourself with an indistinct cluster of people is that claiming to feel their pain is often enough. — Charlie Brooker
There is absolutely no single aspect of one's personality that is more important to develop than empathy, which is not a skill at which men… — Chris Ware
The quality you most admire in a woman? Courage moral and physical: "anima"-the ability to visualize the mind and need of a man. Also a… — Christopher Hitchens
Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, then sets out values and establishes the vision, before getting to the nitty-gritty of policy solutions. — David Miliband
She might have been born this way, without an empathy gene and other essentials. In that case, she would interpret any kindness as weakness. Among… — Dean Koontz
How can the intensity of this shame be understood by those who have never experienced it? How can they understand the strength of the motivations… — Unknown Author
Alas! we must suffer ourselves before we can feel for others. — Emile Gaboriau
The women ranged in age, but they were all old enough to know that in the currency of friendship, empathy is more valuable than accuracy. — Erica Bauermeister
Obama often criticizes policies that place the interests of the powerful ahead of the powerless. But through his administration's support of abortion rights, Obama shows… — Gary Bauer
Republicans rarely criticize Obama for lack of empathy - in part because liberals have traditionally been seen as standing up for the weak and the… — Gary Bauer
If you had a table spread for a feast, and was making merry with your friends, you would think it was kind to let me… — George Eliot
Close both eyes see with the other one. Then we are no longer saddled by the burden of our persistent judgments our ceaseless withholding our… — Greg Boyle
Like many people, most Libertarians feel empathy and sympathy for less fortunate people. But they know you can't have perfection in a world of limited… — Harry Browne
The Torah is the foundational text for Jewish law, but the Haggadah is our book of living memory. We are not merely telling a story… — Jonathan Safran Foer
But the moods could be contagious. He didn't need one right now. — Josephine Humphreys
Understanding people's difficulties and-just as crucial-helping people understand their own difficulties and teaching them concrete ways to help themselves will help them better deal with… — Kathryn Erskine
Accustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the mind of the speaker. — Marcus Aurelius
I don't mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn't criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have a good time,… — Natalie Portman

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