Comfort Quote by Katherine Ellison

Empathy probably started out as a mechanism to improve maternal care. Mammalian mothers who were attentive to their young's needs were more likely to…

— Frans de Waal

“Human empathy, while not found on any chart of human anatomy, is the reason we instinctively hurt for our children… it is the reason…

— Keith Ablow

“Children are constantly focused on their parents and will mirror them. Therefore, what they experience in the home will be crucial for their empathy…

— Iben Dissing Sandahl

Empathy is one of our highest human skills and holds families and societies together. Feeling connected to other people is probably the deepest satisfaction…

— Sue Gerhardt

Empathy grows as we learn.

— Alice Miller

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

“Researchers, including Michael Meaney and Clancy Blair, have demonstrated that for infants to develop qualities like perseverance and focus, they need a high level…

— Paul Tough

“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

We need to receive empathy to give empathy.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

“The biology of empathy allows us to comprehend our connection to each other, to other living things, and to the physical world that supports…

— George Lakoff

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

“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