Absence Quote by Erik Pevernagie

“Whenever an individual’s own needs become so primary that they obscure the perception of another’s needs, mutual concern and empathy cannot exist.”

— Judith V. Jordan PhD

“To develop empathy, we must care about the experiences, feelings, needs, and wants of the people around us. We must care enough to turn…

— Bob Wall

Our goal is to create a quality of empathic connection that allows everyone's needs to be met.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Further, bearing up under our own burdens can help us develop a reservoir of empathy for the problems others face.

— L. Whitney Clayton

“How can we get what we truly want while satisfying the needs and concerns of others in our lives—family members, work colleagues, clients, and…

— William Ury

“It's the discomforting end of humankind's bargain with consciousness. We empathize with other beings and imagine we feel their pain. Either the empathy binds…

— Peter Steinhart

The discoveries of how we can grow and the insights we need to have really come from the inside out. To have genuine empathy,…

— Patricia Sun

“When we crave the touch and the feel of an unfeigned world, we must not waver and put our quest on the back burner,…

— Erik Pevernagie

We need all people, everyone, to think for themselves, to think critically, to think abstractly, to develop their powers of empathy.

— Michael Rosen

“A universal vision and a joint interest are steppingstones for full-blown empathy, and explicitly through empathy, we seize the pulsating assets of ‘sharing,’ sharing…

— Erik Pevernagie

Only curiosity about the fate of others, the ability to put ourselves in their shoes, and the will to enter their world through the…

— Azar Nafisi

Connecting to something keeps our empathy alive.

— Eric Fischl