Empathy Quote by David Foster Download Open image “We all suffer alone in the real world; true empathy's impossible.” — David Foster ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Empathy Impossible Real Real world Suffering World
We all suffer alone in the real world. True empathy's impossible. But if a piece of fiction can alow us imaginatively to identify with… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
When you see around you the human form suffering or dissolving, you have empathy on the human level. You share the suffering because it… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Almost all human beings have the capacity for empathy. Everyone has the potential to be at least troubled, or feel genuine anguish, about the… — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
The misery of other people is only an abstraction something that can be sympathized with only by drawing from one's own experiences. But as… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
“Empathy is defined this way: “the ability to share and understand the feelings of another.” Women talking for hours at a lunch. Men walking… — Wendy Walker Copy Share Image
Empathy should not be contingent on our proximity to suffering or the likelihood of it happening to us. Rather, it should stem from a… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
“In general, empathy is easier the more we can identify with someone. When we can genuinely envision ourselves in a situation, it's possible to… — Danielle Ofri Copy Share Image
There is something human about the way people react to and identify with suffering. There's a lot more empathy in the world than we… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Empathy has the power to bring together people who would otherwise never meet. It has the power to teach us and to reach us… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Any man filled with empathy is capable of gaining valuable insights on the human condition through the suffering of others. You do not need… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Empathy seems to be seen as a weakness. We condition people to withdraw it to succeed. But really, it needs to be re-seen as… — Matt Bellamy Copy Share Image
Neuroscience has proven that similar areas of the brain are activated both in the person who suffers and in the one who feels empathy.… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
It is unimaginably hard to do this, to stay conscious and alive, day in and day out, — David Foster Copy Share Image
CPR to those elements of what’s human and magical that still live and glow despite the times’ darkness. — David Foster Copy Share Image
I think that most of my romance comes out in my music. And if you look at my track record of three ex-wives, maybe… — David Foster Copy Share Image
I've noticed that, while I can't help but respect and sort of envy the moral nerve of people who truly do not care what… — David Foster Copy Share Image
It seems like the big difference between good art and so-so art lies somewhere in the art's heart's purpose, the agenda of the consciousness… — David Foster Copy Share Image
I am uncompromising to the point of huge dissension in the studio. And it's served me very well. My theory and my philosophy is,… — David Foster Copy Share Image
This is what the real, no bullshit value of your liberal arts education is supposed to be about: how to keep from going through… — David Foster Copy Share Image
Blind certainty, a close-mindedness that amounts to an imprisonment so total that the prisoner doesn't even know he's locked up. — David Foster Copy Share Image
I have a lot of empathy, and I think that's where mothering starts. You are there to empathise and facilitate. — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
Cinematography speaks to everything that women do inherently well: It's multitasking, it's empathy, and it's channeling visuals into human emotion. — Rachel Morrison Copy Share Image
“God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will remove the… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Making a movie is about following characters and embarking on an adventure with them, seeing their reactions, and seeing what they do, having empathy… — Franck Khalfoun Copy Share Image
“A novel is not an allegory...it is a sensual experience of another world. If you don't enter that world, hold your breath with the… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I try to treat every job with the exact same level of respect. When I go into it, it doesn't matter what the budget… — Kaya Scodelario Copy Share Image
“CWC (Church Women Concerned) enabled us as women in that part of South Africa, to see ourselves as ordinary citizens who found themselves in… — Sindiwe Magona Copy Share Image
Ultimately, my character is defined by the quality of my sensitivity to other people. I exist in equilibrium. I am here to the degree… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
I began to use my sensitivity. And I realized I wasn't weird because I cried a lot. — Sherilyn Fenn Copy Share Image
