Empathy Quotes

780 Empathy quotes by 496 unique authors

I recommend allowing others the opportunity to fully express themselves before turning our attention to solutions or requests for relief. When we proceed too quickly… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
By maintaining our attention on what's going on within others, we offer them a chance to fully explore and express their interior selves. We would… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
What evidence is there that we've adequately empathized with the other person? First, when an individual realizes that everything going on within has received full… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
A second even more obvious sign is that the person will stop talking. If we are uncertain as to whether we have stayed long enough… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
We need empathy to give empathy. When we sense ourselves being defensive or unable to empathize, we need to (a) stop, breathe, give ourselves empathy,… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Translate all self-judgments into self-empathy. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Self-empathy in NVC means checking in with your own feelings and needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Tragically, one of the rarest commodities in our culture is empathy. People are hungry for empathy, They don't know how to ask for it. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
All that has been integrated into NVC has been known for centuries about consciousness, language, communication skills, and use of power that enable us to… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
We need empathy to give empathy. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
In empathy, you don't speak at all. You speak with the eyes. You speak with your body. If you say any words at all, it's… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
I wouldn't expect someone who's been injured to hear my side until they felt that I had fully understood the depth of their pain. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Intellectual understanding blocks empathy. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
We need to receive empathy to give empathy. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Empathy lies in our ability to be present without opinion. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Empathy gives you the ability to enjoy another person's pain. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
The more we empathize with the other party, the safer we feel. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
The number one rule of our training is empathy before education. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
It may be most difficult to empathize with those we are closest to. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Empathizing with someone's 'no' protects us from taking it personally. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Empathy allows us to re-perceive our world in a new way and move forward. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
With empathy, I'm fully with them, and not full of them - that's sympathy. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
With empathy we don't direct, we follow. Don't just do something, be there. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
It's harder to empathize with those who appear to possess more power, status, or resources. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

Who Wrote These Empathy Quotes

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