Empathy Quotes

780 Empathy quotes by 496 unique authors

Empathy as a complex emotion is different. It requires awareness of the other person's feelings and of one's own reactions. The appropriate reaction may not… — Frans de Waal
As in a Russian doll, however, the outer layers always contain an inner core. Instead of evolution having replaced simpler forms of empathy with more… — Frans de Waal
The possibility that empathy resides in parts of the brain so ancient that we share them with rats should give pause to anyone comparing politicians… — Frans de Waal
You need to indoctrinate empathy out of people in order to arrive at extreme capitalist positions. — Frans de Waal
He who wishes to paint Christ's story must live with Christ. — Fra Angelico
I told you once that I was searching for the nature of evil. I think I've come close to defining it: a lack of empathy.… — Unknown Author
I want us to organize, to tell the personal stories that create empathy, which is the most revolutionary emotion. — Gloria Steinem
We need to have empathy. When we lose empathy, we lose our humanity. — Goldie Hawn
Empathy is the capacity to think and feel oneself into the inner life of another person. — Heinz Kohut
The empathic understanding of the experience of other human beings is as basic an endowment of man as his vision, hearing, touch, taste and smell — Heinz Kohut
I've learned that there is no currency like trust and no catalyst like hope. There is nothing worse for building relationships than pandering, on one… — Jacqueline Novogratz
We've reached a point where we are not a very empathetic people, and art without empathy is art without an audience. My basic viewpoint is… — Jamake Highwater
What I learned is, we have to listen to each other, even when we don't agree, even when we think we hate each other. We… — Jane Fonda
The ability to experience and understand what others feel without confusion between oneself and others. — Unknown Author
Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating empathy can we truly grow as people. — Jennifer L. Knox
Peace equals ability to handle conflict, with empathy, nonviolence, and creativity... — Johan Galtung
Without television and mass communication, that knowledge wouldn't exist. So I think it actually has the possibility of turning people into more understanding and more… — John Warnock
I'm cursed with empathy. I'm also by nature way too opinionated. — John Shirley
I'm less interested in slasher, and go more for roles that can affect you on a personal level. I'm interested in human empathy in the… — Joshua Leonard
Empathy frequently informs our earliest days with our infants as we try to figure out what they need, how to comfort and satisfy them. — Unknown Author
A citizen of the world in the fullest sense - one whose vision and culture gave him a deep empathy with fellow human beings of… — Kofi Annan
There is also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people who have suffered, people who have been pushed around by… — Lakhdar Brahimi
The success of the abolitionist movement lay in its making real for people in Britain and America the slave ship's pervasive and utterly instrumental terror,… — Unknown Author
In the beginning was the relationship. — Martin Buber
Empathy in broadest sense refers to the reactions of one individual to the observed experiences of another — Unknown Author

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