Empathy Quotes

780 Empathy quotes by 496 unique authors

None of us can choose where we shall love... — Susan Kay
Empathy during agony is a portion of divinity. — Neal A. Maxwell
Animals are more than ever a test of our character, of mankind's capacity for empathy and for decent, honorable conduct and faithful stewardship. We are… — Matthew Scully
You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself. — John Steinbeck
For most Americans the Constitution had become a hazy document, cited like the Bible on ceremonial occasions but forgotten in the daily transactions of life. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
I learn from my own daughter that you don’t have to be awake to cry. — Jodi Picoult
As we tell stories about the lives of others, we learn how to imagine what another creature might feel in response to various events. At… — Martha C. Nussbaum
A fight is going on inside me," said an old man to his son. "It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf is… — Wendy Mass
Animal lovers are a special breed of humans, generous of spirit, full of empathy, perhaps a little prone to sentimentality, and with hearts as big… — John Grogan
If we are to love our neighbors, before doing anything else we must see our neighbors. With our imagination as well as our eyes, that… — Frederick Buechner
A novel is not an allegory.... It is the sensual experience of another world. If you don't enter that world, hold your breath with the… — Azar Nafisi
I call him religious who understands the suffering of others. — Mahatma Gandhi
We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions… — Pema Chodron
I hear much of people's calling out to punish the guilty, but very few are concerned to clear the innocent. — Daniel Defoe
Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it.… — Dean Koontz
When I confront a human being as my Thou and speak the basic word I-Thou to him, then he is no thing among things nor… — Martin Buber
It can be very dangerous to see things from somebody else's point of view without the proper training. — Douglas Adams
I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference. — Jack Kerouac
...these stories are a kind of beacon. By making stories full of empathy and amusement and the sheer pleasure of discovering the world, these writers… — Ira Glass
It's the hardest thing in the world to go on being aware of someone else's pain. — Pat Barker
The use of imaginative fiction is to deepen your understanding of your world, and your fellow men, and your own feelings, and your destiny. — Ursula K. Le Guin
All novels . . . are concerned with the enigma of the self. As soon as you create an imaginary being, a character, you are… — Milan Kundera
I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy. — Nikki Giovanni
Of course genes can’t pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and the brain is… — Steven Pinker
Reading fiction not only develops our imagination and creativity, it gives us the skills to be alone. It gives us the ability to feel empathy… — Ann Patchett

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