Body Quote by Marshall B. Rosenberg

People who are empathic definitely will have some difficulties distinguishing their own feelings from other people's feelings and they tend to take on other…

— Doreen Virtue

As human beings, what makes us able to empathize with people is a connection that is not necessarily understood mentally.

— Lupita Nyong'o

“Being empathic is so much a part of everyday discourse—popular singers warble platitudes about being in the other’s skin, walking in the other’s moccasins—that…

— Irvin D. Yalom

It turns out that we literally don't empathize unless we're physically present - that the oxytocin, the famous "tend and befriend" hormone is not…

— Gloria Steinem

An empathic way of being can be learned from empathic persons. Perhaps the most important statement of all is that the ability to be…

— Carl Rogers

I think there's some evidence that we're empathic by nature. There is some evidence from studies of babies and young children that they resonate…

— Paul Bloom

“When I say empathic listening, I mean listening with intent to understand. I mean seeking first to understand, to really understand. It’s an entirely…

— Stephen R. Covey

“We learn to become more empathic when we slow down, become present, and are fully committed to understanding another person’s uniqueness.”

— Arthur P. Ciaramicoli

“There are times we will miss the opportunity to be empathic. Mental health professionals often call these “empathic failures.” There are also times when…

— Brené Brown

Empathy requires something extremely difficult: accepting the fact that we are not and never will be in the other person's shoes. There's no rational,…

— Seth Godin

“recent research has shown that when we empathize, the brain activates many of the same networks as when we ourselves experience pain, physical or…

— Richard J. Davidson

The empathic understanding of the experience of other human beings is as basic an endowment of man as his vision, hearing, touch, taste and…

— Heinz Kohut