Empathy Quotes

780 Empathy quotes by 496 unique authors

The misery of other people is only an abstraction something that can be sympathized with only by drawing from one's own experiences. But as it… — Nicole Krauss
I have great empathy for all the contestants that come on 'Top Chef,' whether they go home right away or they make it to the… — Padma Lakshmi
My knowledge of myself is direct, synthetic, from within outwards; my knowledge of other persons is indirect, analytical, from outside inwards. My knowledge of myself… — Salvador de Madariaga
Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless. Christmas dinner's dark and blue. When you stop and try to see it From the turkey's point of view. — Shel Silverstein
If literature does one thing, it makes you more empathetic by making you live other lives and feel the pain of others. Ideologues don't feel… — Yann Martel
Remember, empathy need not lead to sympathetically giving in to the other side’s demands—knowing how someone feels does not mean agreeing with them. — Daniel Goleman
Have empathy, gratitude and respect for every position in the company. — Kat Cole
Stairway to Wisdom”) David Brooks detailed the needed ingredients to gaining a deep understanding of a social problem, beginning with the data and moving on… — David Brooks
If you put shame in a petri dish, it needs three ingredients to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you put the same amount… — BrenÃ© Brown
Empathy is the antidote to shame, — BrenÃ© Brown
I think empathy is a guy who punches you in the face at a bus station, and you’re somehow able to look at that him… — John Jeremiah Sullivan
The Curious Incident brims with imagination, empathy, and vision — plus it's a lot of fun to read. — Myla Goldberg
Don't judge someone's attitude until you've felt their pain. — Kendall Jenner
Writing is an act of empathy. You are occupying and understanding a point of view that might be alien to your own--and work is often… — Benjamin Percy
Like works of literature, mathematical ideas help expand our circle of empathy, liberating us from the tyranny of a single, parochial point of view. Numbers,… — Daniel Tammet
Writing really evokes empathy in a way very few things can do. — Erin Gruwell
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… — Frans de Waal
If you ask anyone, what is morality based on? These are the two factors that always come out: One is reciprocity, … a sense of… — Frans de Waal
And empathy is narrow; it connects us to particular individuals, real or imagined, but is insensitive to numerical differences and statistical data. — Paul Bloom
Every child must master empathy-based ethics because the rules are changing; the less they apply the less learning them has positive impact — Bill Drayton
I have empathy for the person who is being interviewed and written about with all kinds of misperceptions and misconceptions and flat-out lies. So I… — Kathie Lee Gifford
The art of integrating the ego and the impulse for empathy in a dynamic call and response. — Mary Gaitskill
I’ve made my life’s work spotting assholes. And you know, I think it’s harder now than ever before because there’s so many socially acceptable ways… — Merrill Markoe
We live in a world where joy and empathy and pleasure are all around us, there for the noticing. — Ira Glass
Resistance here doesn't mean revolution. It doesn't mean storming the barricades. Resistance means using art for the things that it does best, which is to… — Questlove

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