Able Quote by Paul Bloom

“It can be proven that wounded people wound others. Walk circumspectly among wounded people, their injuries are deeply submerged in their brain's amygdala, and…

— Tracey Bond

When you see those in healthcare who don't get this burn-out, they are very motherly, fatherly, or loving and attentive with the patients. [These]…

— Matthieu Ricard

“So much of what a law enforcement officer does is difficult to share with anyone, even a spouse. When you spend your days looking…

— John E. Douglas

There is nothing more unpleasant than watching someone on a TV or movie set act like they are entitled to a particular kind of…

— Adam Scott

“The midpoint in medicine between excessive emotional involvement with patients and a complete lack of empathy is not a simple one to locate.”

— Christine Montross

“Burnout also leads to a large swath of physicians who aren't as empathetic toward their patients as they could be.”

— Danielle Ofri

No matter how old you are, if you're just not an empathetic person, it's a lot easier to concentrate solely on something that is…

— James Scott

There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.

— Brendan Behan

“Whereas we’d once believed that the symptoms and behavior exhibited by our clients primarily reflected their psychological defenses—a view that attributed a degree of…

— Janina Fisher

“When you choose to earn your living by helping people who are in emotional pain, you're also making a choice to carry them on…

— Franz W Kellermanns

I think that every therapist that I know, including my dad and my sister, have their own issues. But that empathy is what makes…

— Laura Benanti

“As emotional radars, empaths instantly pick up on the vibes around them and tend to gravitate the most towards those who are hurting –…

— Mateo Sol