Compassion Quote by Frans de Waal Download Open image “If I were God, I'd work on the reach of empathy.” — Frans de Waal ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Compassion Empathy Generosity God Ifs Inspirational Love
It is not empathy I seek. I found what I was looking for... envy me! — Carl Stoynoff Copy Share Image
I certainly know I have been blessed with much more empathy than I ever knew I would feel for other people. — Uma Thurman Copy Share Image
“Empathy is when you use your imagination to expand your ability to feel compassion for people in situations beyond those you have experienced, maybe… — Kelsey Crowe Copy Share Image
Some people think that without that spark of empathy we would do nothing, but that's just flat-out wrong. You could feel compassion for somebody… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
I've thought a lot about the power of empathy. In my work, it's the current that connects me and my actual pulse to a… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
“Once we are able to combine a feeling of empathy for others with a profound understanding of the suffering they experience, we become able… — His Holiness the Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Empathy is like a universal solvent. Any problem immersed in empathy becomes soluble. — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
For me, empathy is an existential question - it's about the survival of the human race. That is, it's imperative for us to overcome… — Daniel Lubetzky Copy Share Image
If both parties have a stake in the other, the chances of them killing each other are going to be reduced. — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
I sometimes try to imagine what would have happened if we’d known the bonobo first and the chimpanzee only later—or not at all. The… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
Unlike the primate hand, the elephant's grasping organ is also its nose. Elephants use their trunks not only to reach food but also to… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
The possibility that empathy resides in parts of the brain so ancient that we share them with rats should give pause to anyone comparing… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
“on August 16, 1996, when an eight-year-old female gorilla named Binti Jua helped a three-year-old boy who had fallen eighteen feet into the primate… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
We start out postulating sharp boundaries, such as between humans and apes, or between apes and monkeys, but are in fact dealing with sand… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
Perhaps it's just me, but I am wary of any persons whose belief system is the only thing standing between them and repulsive behavior. — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
Personally, I think it is possible to build a society that is moral on a nonreligious basis, but the jury is still out on… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
“humans are a strange lot. We have the power to analyze and explore the world around us, yet panic as soon as the evidence… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
Armies are a purely human invention. Most soldiers who go to war nowadays don't even do it because they're inherently aggressive. — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“I fight with love and kindness as my weapons and compassion as my defense.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
I really enjoy making people laugh; I've discovered that's a great technique. That's as powerful as stirring their sorrow, stirring their compassion, because that… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
“If you refuse to use physical force, then you will be at the mercy of your oppressor!” — Segun Magbagbeola Copy Share Image
For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We are puzzled and bewildered whenever we see suffering in this world because we have become accustomed to the mercy and the long-suffering of… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“Helpers in every corner, helpers in every hood. That's how we'll make the move, to reform from rude.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
There are a number of qualities which are important for mental peace, but from the little experience I have, I believe that one of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
May the gods have mercy on whoever pisses them off, because Zarek and Jericho will have none for them. (Madoc) You’d better be glad… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
