Empathy Quotes

780 Empathy quotes by 496 unique authors

If I'm talking to someone in a crowded room, I try to make this person feel as though we're the only ones present. I shut… — Mary Kay Ash
It takes a great man to make a great listener — Arthur Helps
I believe one of the requirements of good leadership is the ability to listen - really listen - to those in your organization. An effective… — John Wooden
In my opinion, being an effective leader requires being an effective listener. The most productive leaders are usually those who are consistently willing to listen… — John Wooden
Art is food for the soul, and an artistic climate is a healthy climate because it breeds empathy. — Amanda Palmer
[Nixon] reduced the meaning of his life to nothing but power. In the film, we gave this sad figure consciousness of what he was. We… — Oliver Stone
Listening is more than being quiet. Listening is much more than silence. Listening requires undivided attention. The time to listen is when someone needs to… — Marvin J. Ashton
I use my job to engage empathy and compassion for people society might stereotype or ostricise. — Michael K. Williams
I don't know if it is a spiritual, physiological or psychological phenomenon, but I believe now more than ever that singing is a universal, built-in… — Eric Whitacre
If women understand by emancipation the adoption of the masculine role then we are lost indeed. If women can supply no counterbalance to the blindness… — Germaine Greer
Jealousy knows neither morality nor empathy. — Ella Leya
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… — Frans de Waal
The crisis besetting America is not just an economic or political crisis; something deeper is wreaking havoc across the land, a mercenary and utilitarian attitude… — Azar Nafisi
I worry that if whatever pops into your head at any instant immediately goes online, you lose the crucial time for your thoughts to simmer… — Paul Harding
Empathy is the wellspring of creativity. — Ami Vitale
Empathy is the key to great stories. — Ami Vitale
Writing fiction, like reading fiction, is a practice in empathy. — Jennifer Haigh
I like people who possess either deep mastery or deep empathy, but not as much as I like those who possess both. — Sarah Manguso
Kindness manifests in a lot of ways, such as acts of compassion, helpfulness, empathy, forgiveness, and caring. These gestures kindle and ignite feelings of love. — Jude Bijou
My art and my self-expression in any form has always been an attempt towards sincerity, honesty, and empathy for others. For a multitude of reasons both… — Alice Glass
Empathy is the poor man's cocaine, and love is just a chemical by any other name — Eyedea
Just as white light consists of colored rays, so reverence for life contains all the components of ethics: love, kindliness, sympathy, empathy, peacefulness and power… — Albert Schweitzer
Empathy is not merely the basic principle of artistic creation. It is also the only path by which one can reach the truth about life… — Kafu Nagai
For me, documentary photography has always come with great responsibility. Not just to tell the story honestly and with empathy, but also to make sure… — Giles Duley
There is no small act of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world. — Mary Anne Radmacher

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