Empathy Quote by Dan Simmons

“And so without our primordial attachments to others, what would we be? Evidently, we would be the players of a game, one that resembled…

— Martha Stout

If evolution is a struggle for survival, why hasn't it ruthlessly eliminated altruists, who seem to increase another's prospects of survival at the cost…

— Peter Singer

There is another kind of altruism that seems to go beyond that, a kind of super-altruism, which humans appear to have. And I think…

— Richard Dawkins

“To conquer, you must endure not just your own suffering but the suffering of others. Indifference is the ultimate evolutionary achievement, the highest rung…

— Rick Yancey

“Such altruism, generated in the seclusion of one's own thoughts, becomes a subtle means of evading concrete inter-personal responsibility and of justifying to oneself…

— Stephen Batchelor

There's a lot of evidence in evolutionary sciences that show that altruism and acting in ways that are empathetic to others are actually beneficial…

— Neill Blomkamp

I thought, "Why? and how did we evolve with this weak, and useless passion in tact within the deep heart's core?" And the answer…

— Meryl Streep

“Yet this natural empathy and connection with other animals is not the final word, and it leads to no predetermined outcomes. There are competing…

— Wayne Pacelle

“Altruism, compassion, empathy, love, conscience, the sense of justice—all of these things, the things that hold society together, the things that allow our species…

— Robert Wright

Altruism has always been one of biology's deep mysteries. Why should any animal, off on its own, specified and labeled by all sorts of…

— Lewis Thomas

“cultivate an informed empathy with the suffering of all human beings—even those regarded as enemies.”

— Karen Armstrong

“an iron rule exists in genetic social evolution. It is that selfish individuals beat altruistic individuals, while groups of altruists beat groups of selfish…

— Edward O. Wilson