Empathy Quotes

780 Empathy quotes by 496 unique authors

The world doesn't just revolve around you. There's a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk… — Barack Obama
I'm determined to disagree with people without being disagreeable. That's part of the empathy. Empathy doesn't just extend to cute little kids. You have to… — Barack Obama
What is the empathy deficit? The inability of people to stand in other folks shoes. It's hard to empathize with people who have different values… — Barack Obama
Over the years, however, the research evidence keeps piling up, and it points strongly to the conclusion that a high degree of empathy in a… — Carl Rogers
An empathic way of being can be learned from empathic persons. Perhaps the most important statement of all is that the ability to be accurately… — Carl Rogers
To perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the emotional components and meanings which pertain thereto as if one were… — Carl Rogers
The state of empathy, or being empathic, is to perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the emotional components and… — Carl Rogers
When I can relax, and be close to the transcendental core of me, then I may behave in strange and impulsive ways in the relationship,… — Carl Rogers
When a person realizes he has been deeply heard, his eyes moisten. I think in some real sense he is weeping for joy. It is… — Carl Rogers
I believe I know why it is satisfying to me to hear someone. When I can really hear someone, it puts me in touch with… — Carl Rogers
There is another peculiar satisfaction in really hearing someone: It is like listening to the music of the spheres, because beyond the immediate message of… — Carl Rogers
So, as you can readily see from what I have said thus far, a creative, active, sensitive, accurate, empathic, nonjudgmental listening is for me terribly… — Carl Rogers
True empathy is always free of any evaluative or diagnostic quality. This comes across to the recipient with some surprise. "If I am not being… — Carl Rogers
Powerful is our need to be known, really known by ourselves and others, even if only for a moment. — Carl Rogers
Empathy is a special way of coming to know another and ourself, a kind of attuning and understanding. When empathy is extended, it satisfies our… — Carl Rogers
During empathy one is simply 'there for' the other individual, when experiencing their own feelings while listening to the other, i.e. during sympathy, the listener… — Enrico Caruso
The hearing that is only in the ears is one thing. The hearing of the understanding is another. But the hearing of the spirit is… — Zhuangzi
Hence it demands the emptiness of all the faculties. And when the faculties are empty, then the whole being listens. There is then a direct… — Zhuangzi
Other-oriented feelings congruent with the perceived welfare of another person. — Unknown Author
Empathy is forgetting oneself in the joys and sorrows of another, so much so that you actually feel that the joy or sorrow experienced by… — Dada Vaswani
Reducing the economic gap may be impossible without also addressing the gap in empathy. — Daniel Goleman
Empathy represents the foundation skill for all the social competencies important for work. — Daniel Goleman
Empathic, emotionally intelligent work environments have a good track record of increasing creativity, improving problem solving and raising productivity. — Daniel Goleman
Empathetic people are superb at recognizing and meeting the needs of clients, customers, or subordinates. They seem approachable, wanting to hear what people have to… — Daniel Goleman
Simple inattention kills empathy, let alone compassion. So the first step in compassion is to notice the other's need. It all begins with the simple… — Daniel Goleman

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496 authors contributed a total of 780 Empathy Quotes, led by these top contributors: