Empathy Quotes

780 Empathy quotes by 496 unique authors

All those chemicals that create empathy only work when you are in a room together. — Gloria Steinem
Depression is a surfeit of empathy - a killing empathy - that makes depressives great friends to everyone but themselves. Having a self is a… — Michael Redhill
I got a lot of empathy from my mother growing up, and I think it prevented me from ever really just writing people off. — Matt McGorry
The discoveries of how we can grow and the insights we need to have really come from the inside out. To have genuine empathy, not… — Patricia Sun
Poets have to be sensitive to their audience, but it does not mean that they censor themselves. I realise my audience is diverse. Some will… — John Barton
I have always worked from that place, that if you are going to inhabit someone and get under their eyes, you need to have empathy. — Dominic Cooper
Most women prefer circles of sharing to pyramids and hierarchies. They prefer conversation to construction. They will usually choose nurturance and empathy over competition and… — Richard Rohr
Other species help children develop empathy. — Richard Louv
As I grew up, I began to discover a little bit about the situation of black people in America and experienced an immediate empathy with… — Ahmet Ertegun
When you smiled you had my undivided attention. When you laughed you had my urge to laugh with you. When you cried you had my… — Brandi Snyder
It is not empathy I seek. I found what I was looking for... envy me! — Carl Stoynoff
When a mother quarrels with a daughter, she has a double dose of unhappiness hers from the conflict, and empathy with her daughter's from the… — Terri Apter
Numbing is any activity that you use to desensitize your feelings so that you dont experience vulnerability or hurt. But by numbing yourself to vulnerability,… — Melchor Lim
Empathy is the poor man's cocaine And love is just a chemical by any other name I like the way your pheromones make me sleepy. — Micheal Larsen
Always put yourself in the others shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too. — Abhishek Tiwari
Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always. — Superman
Dont sympathize only empathize. — Tasneem Hameed
It's really easy to understand a feeling if you have a humble heart... the only barrier is the pride that doesn't know how to listen — Anne Nwakama
Empathy is experiencing others feelings and thoughts while remaining objective. It also requires that you are able to communicate to someone your understanding of his/her… — Ritu Ghatourey
Everyday you wake up is a gift even if at times it sucks. — Aroha Janet
Only when you understand apathy and see beyond sympathy will you achieve empathy. — Melchor Lim
Sometimes people won't understand how you feel until it happens to them, until they experience the pain.. — Superman
I think the secret of motherhood is EMPATHY. — Terry Mark
If you listen, a person's silence will help you to understand in ways that words simply cannot. — Michael Loud
For a gay chap, Elton John writes some of the most amazing lyrics about heterosexual love. — Cailleach Bheur

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