Empathy Quotes

780 Empathy quotes by 496 unique authors

Trying to observe the slow shift from self-centeredness to empathy is like trying to watch grass grow. — Neal A. Maxwell
I think people perceive my creatures as absurd because they look different, but at the same time, they are a little bit familiar. I want… — Unknown Author
The great secret of morals is love; or a going out of our nature, and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which exists in… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
People in Third World countries think and laugh and smile, just like us. We have got to understand that we are them they are us. — Rachel Corrie
To empathize means to share, to experience the feelings of another person. — Unknown Author
The way we are educated and entertained keep us from knowing about or understanding the pain of others. — Robert Jensen
Films to the degree that they glorify mindlessness and short attention span they are bad, to the degree that they encourage empathy with people not… — Roger Ebert
In the vast majority of movies, everything is done for the audience. We are cued to laugh or cry, be frightened or relieved; Hitchcock called… — Roger Ebert
We all are born with a certain package. We are who we are: where we were born, who we were born as, how we were… — Roger Ebert
Empathy involves the inner experience of sharing in and comprehending the momentary psychological state of another person. — Unknown Author
When man faces man the one attempts to put the other to sleep and the other continuously wants to maintain his uprightness. But this is,… — Rudolf Steiner
The ability to imagine oneself in another's place and understand the other's feelings, desires, ideas, and actions. The most obvious example, perhaps, is that of… — Sam Vaknin
Empathy occurs when we suspend our single-minded focus of attention and instead adopt a double-minded foucus of attention. When our attention lapses into single focus,… — Simon Baron-Cohen
Empathy is like a universal solvent. Any problem immersed in empathy becomes soluble. — Simon Baron-Cohen
Empathy is like a universal solvent. Any problem immersed in empathy becomes soluble. It is effective as a way of anticipating and resolving interpersonal problems,… — Simon Baron-Cohen
Empathy cannot by definition oppress anyone. — Simon Baron-Cohen
I find that somehow, by shifting the focus of attention, I become the very thing I look at, and experience the kind of consciousness it… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. They're either speaking or preparing to speak. They're… — Stephen Covey
Seek to understand rather than be understood. — Stephen Covey
Empathy takes time, and efficiency is for things, not people. — Stephen Covey
When you listen with empathy to another person, you give that person psychological air. — Stephen Covey
The more deeply you understand other people, the more you will appreciate them, the more reverent you will feel about them. To touch the soul… — Stephen Covey
The more authentic you become, the more genuine in your expression, particularly regarding personal experiences and even self-doubts, the more people can relate to your… — Stephen Covey
Empathic listening takes time, but it doesn't take anywhere near as much time as it takes to back up and correct misunderstandings when you're already… — Stephen Covey
When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That's when you can get more creative in… — Stephen Covey

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