Compassion Quote by Edwidge Danticat

It is people who go through suffering that have an empathy for the suffering of others.

— Mary Robinson

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

When people are really suffering, and we know they're suffering, that question can be a very difficult one. Inadvertently, I think without anyone meaning…

— Sheryl Sandberg

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

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

“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

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

To the extent that our experience of suffering reminds us of what everyone else also endures, it serves as a powerful inspiration to practice…

— Dalai Lama

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

When I read stories of suffering, I still feel something. It seems inhuman not to. At the same time, I'm more aware than ever…

— Kim Brooks

Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It's the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone…

— Barbara Kingsolver

Empathy is the most mysterious transaction that the human soul can have, and it's accessible to all of us, but we have to give…

— Sue Monk Kidd